Kite 3: Chris Hoke, Teaching Writer

KITE:

A. A NOTE PASSED FROM AN INMATE TO AN INMATE IN ANOTHER CELL OR TO A GUARD

B. UNDERGROUND WRITING’S AUDIO ZINE FEATURING STUDENT WRITING

Chris Hoke, UW Teaching Writer, shares recent student writing from the workshops at the Skagit County Community Justice Center.

Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with.

LINKS OF INTEREST:

Rainer Maria Rilke
Raymond Carver
Writers in the School (Seattle)

SUMMER RECOMMENDED READING:

Memoir
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City - Nick Flynn
The Ticking is the Bomb - Nick Flynn

Short Stories and Novellas
Birds of America - Lorrie Moore
Separate Flights - Andre Dubus

Novel
The Fishermen - Chigozie Obioma

Non-Fiction & Essays
Blindspot - Teju Cole
Poetry as Survival - Gregory Orr

Poetry
The Complete English Works - George Herbert
The Lice - W.S. Merwin
Poems from Ish River Country: Collected Poems & Translations - Robert Sund
Uncommon Prayer - Kimberly Johnson

Underground Writing: a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-risk communities in northern Washington through literacy and personal transformation.

Kite 2: Zoe Mullery of Brothers in Pen

KITE:

A. A NOTE PASSED FROM AN INMATE TO AN INMATE IN ANOTHER CELL OR TO A GUARD

B. UNDERGROUND WRITING’S AUDIO ZINE FEATURING STUDENT WRITING

This episode features six pieces of writing from Brothers in Pen, the creative writing class at San Quentin State Prison.

• Kenny Brydon, short story, "A Course in Reconciliation"

• Emile DeWeaver, memoir, "Crumbling Brick Dreams" from Brothers in Pen: The Ninth Annual Public Reading

• Rahsaan Thomas, short story, "Recycled"

• Udukobraye Pela, short story, "My Momma's Baby" from Pens Up, Don't Shoot

• Michael Zell, short story, "Wisdom Exhortation" from Brothers in Pen: The Ninth Annual Public Reading

• Kevin Sawyer, short story, "The Bus Driver," from Brothers in Pen: The Eleventh Annual Public Reading (not yet published)

Links of Interest:

Brothers in Pen
William James Association