Lit Fest 2024

One of the burdens faced by writers from minoritized groups is the cultural emphasis on language that often falls short of evoking our individual lived experiences. Ready-to-hand terms like “systemic oppression” and “model minority” may define much of our experience but can also obscure our uniqueness, complexity, and individual humanity. In this seminar, we’ll use essays by Toni Morrison, Chang-rae Lee, James Baldwin, and others to explore the politics of craft and voice when writing the minoritized experience and engaging with sociopolitical themes of belonging and identity.