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Fall Edition!
Fall Session 1
Tuesday, September 22- October 20
4 :00 - 5:30 pm at Chop Suey Books in Carytown
Ages 10-14
$120 per session
With guest fiction teacher, Andrew Blossom
and guest poetry teacher, Shann Palmer
7/20/09
Fiction Writing with Andrew Blossom
Andrew Blossom is the editor of the literary magazine “Makeout Creek.” He earned his master’s degree in fiction writing from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007 and an undergrad degree in African-American studies from the University of Virginia. He works part-time at Chop Suey Books and Video Fan, teaches fiction workshops at the Visual Arts Center and is one of three editors of Richmond Noir, a collection of short stories set to come out next spring.
7/19/09
Poetry with Shann Palmer Shann Palmer is a professional writer/musician/teacher. Published online and in print, she has won contests such as Writer’s Digest Chapbook Contest, Poesia, and the Poetry Society of Virginia. Recent poems appear in Night Train, Shakespeare’s Monkey Review, and Ocho. Her teaching experience includes creative writing classes and supervision of literary magazine at Orchard House School and Trinity Episcopal, and other workshops.
7/13/09
Liz Wolfe
The Apple
Skin shiny steel, the color of rosy cheek; Flesh crisp and tender and flakey, Just to be savagely torn. Now blemished by toothmark, Skin hangs and bruises exposed, As tender flesh darkens by air.
Thousands
Thousands of footprints echo in time. Past's cold iron cage enclose those behind bar. Vessels soon sink or else meander ashore, molded by ocean wave's pound. Skeletal limbs haunt this earth. No matter, we still devour. Barriers put end to life and become so many, swallow strife. Thousands of footprints still echo in time.
7/7/09
Myra Ahmad
The Best Gift Ever: A Fairytale I went out of town to see what my older sister had done to the Kingdom. Since I was only three years old, I didn't have much power. It was my 3rd birthday so all of the Kingdom had been decorated to my liking. Everyone thought that I was sleeping in the royal bedchamber that I shared with my older sister who was still sleeping. I couldn't believe that no one passing on the street noticed there was a princess in the road!
I was happy to be out of the castle because the castle was probably full of talk of my royal gift. But I had to return because my older sister would probably wake up soon and I didn't know what would happen if I was discovered to be missing. My parents would probably have my favorite nanny hanged. I was back at the castle just in time to pretend to wake up. I was surprised to see my nanny holding what is known as the Pooh-Land game. Pooh was a famous play that I had seen numerous times. This game was an uncommon but it was all that I had wanted. I jumped up and down saying, "Thankoo! Thankoo ery muck!"
Kevin (Zikai) Chen
A Fairytale
Once upon a time there was a little fairy that lived by the sea. All he wanted for Christmas was a magical go kart that could fly in the air. So his Dad bought him one with $2,000 insurance. He drove to Mexico and lived by the beach. The End.
Dell Hudgins
Exquisite Corpse
Once upon a time in the 1500s a ship set sail. Upon that ship was a royal family- a princess, two little princes, a king, and a queen. They all hated each other. The queen was part of a conspiracy against the king and the king was part of a conspiracy against the queen. The king and queen both wanted to sing. So they went on American Idol. And there they met Simon, Paula, and Randy who weren’t very nice to them. Their first time on stage was horrible and they got sent back. Later they tried So You Think You Can Dance and it was equally as awful. So they started doing the Macarena out in the street whenever they felt like it, usually when someone was playing BAD electric guitar. Everyone laughed and pointed and cussed them out.
Aven Jones
My Character Adrian lay in her bed, having the nightmare she had every night; the nightmare of when her mother left.
Adrian was only 4 years old on that stormy night. She was wearing her favorite pink princess dress, when her mother, crying, headed for the door. “Daddy,” Adrian questioned. “Why is Mommy crying? Why does she have a suitcase? Are we going somewhere? Where are our suitcases, Daddy? Where is Mommy going? Mommy, take me and Daddy with you!” Her father held her back as her mother headed for the door. “Mommy, where are you going? Mommy?” Those were the last words Adrian said to her mother. Her mother didn’t reply, she just closed the door. “Mommy is going away for a while, Princess” her father said with a note of sadness in his voice. Adrian started crying, getting tear-stains on her dress. She ran toward the window just in time to see the taxi take her mother away forever.
When Adrian woke up, she felt tear stains on her cheeks. Why was she crying? It had been 9 years since her mother left. She shouldn’t feel bad. She didn’t want anyone to know that she was still sensitive about her mother leaving, so she just whipped away the tears.
Aleena Khan
The Best Gift
My sister’s birthday was today. This was one of those days that I wish that she wasn’t born. Wait, I wish that everyday. Anyway, as usual she was whining to my parents to get her a cell phone. My parents said no. So in the afternoon when my sister was in her room my parents gave me a whole bundle of cash, and asked me to go get my sister a cell phone. “But why?” I said. Then they gave me that whole speech about you’re her brother you should care for her. So then I dragged myself to the store and bought her a phone, but I got her a pre-paid one so she wouldn’t get to excited. When I got home I gave my parents the phone, and they gave it to her. Then she screamed and was all excited and then it was all over. Then we ate cake which was my favorite part in the whole day.
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