Writing as Resistance

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm to Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm UTC-04:00

LitArts RI | Providence

LitArts RI
Publisher/HostLitArts RI
Writing as Resistance
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A LitArts RI Writing Workshop
About this Event

This cross-genre workshop will look to various justice movements of previous eras—from the second wave feminism to Black Lives Matter—to find inspiration to resist war, genocide, climate change, and other crises and injustices. At-home readings from writers such as Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldua, Claudia Rankine and Roxanne Gay will fuel our in-person discussions and writing exercises for the first two sessions. The third session will be devoted to workshopping short prose pieces and poems and sharing resources for the publication of the work.


Open to writers of all levels and genres. This is a 3-week workshop, with a 2-hour session each week. Please prepare for approximately 1-2 hours of work between sessions.


This 3-week workshop meets on Saturdays from 12-2pm at LitArts RI on the following dates:

Sat, Oct 25

Sat, Nov 1

Sat, Nov 8


About Your Teaching Artist

NANCY AGABIAN (she/her) is the author of Princess Freak, a poetry collection; Me as her again, a memoir; and The Fear of Large and Small Nations, a novel. As a community writing workshop leader, Nancy has worked with multicultural groups in Los Angeles, women writers in Yerevan, SWANA writers online, first-generation writers in Queens, and young queer writers in NYC. A longtime NYU professor, she currently teaches at Bay Path University’s MFA Nonfiction Writing Program.


Health Safety Guidelines

If you have tested positive for Covid-19 within a few days of attending an event at LitArts RI, please contact Staff so we can let others know of possible exposure. We ask that you wait 14 days or until testing negative to return to the Center.


Accessibility

LitArts RI is wheelchair accessible. The organization is actively committed to cultivating a community that values and reflects diversity, equity and inclusivity and to providing programming that is accessible to all attendees. Please let us know about any accommodations we can make to allow you to participate fully in this event.


This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by a Project Fund grant from Providence Art, Culture and Tourism.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

LitArts RI, 400 Harris Avenue, Providence, United States

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