THE RADICAL WRITER 3.0
writing the worlds of our eco-political future(s)
a 13-week reading/writing course for those who are ready to nourish their storytelling practice
in this third iteration, THE RADICAL WRITER invites you to develop a critical ecological lens within your creative practice. to become-with + co-author-with the specters, creatures, plants and sacred sites that shape our organic, spiritual, cultural and entangled political realities.
for 3+ months, we will read, write, dream and world-make eco-political networks of futurity, with the aim of sharpening literary expression through intimate encounters of genre— the poetic, philosophical, historical and fictional. students will participate in interdisciplinary group seminars and write in guided workshops in a context that also encourages them to deepen their critical thinking skills.
this experience is for writers, artists, culture workers, researchers and designers who desire to build a nourishing + consistent reading/writing practice.
thinking-with
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poetry | Walt Whitman
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surrealist fiction | Han Kang
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science fiction | Mary Shelley
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philosophy | Édouard Glissant
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critical theory | Sylvia Wynter
meet your teaching team
nathalie attallah
is an artist-designer-scholar, and former teaching fellow at Harvard University. she is a researcher at the Institute for Worldmaking (MIT-affiliated lab), focusing on Arab futurity and building alternative knowledge infrastructures. at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, she often collaborated with sand to investigate deep time, queer ecologies, and entangled systems. nathalie has collaborated with the American Museum of Natural History to critically re-imagine its dioramas, bringing an anti-colonial lens to institutional displays. she is the co-author of Errant Design: Design(ing) Without Solutions in Commons in Design (Valiz).
ella hilaire
is a writer-artist-scholar, and former teaching fellow at Harvard University. her research resides at the intersection of Caribbean decolonial theory, theology, and film studies. at Harvard Divinity School, she developed a multi-species theological narrative of the Haitian Revolution that re-imagines liberation struggles through the lens of the ecological + supernatural. ella is a previous research associate and online contributor at Vanity Fair.
course curriculum
all reading materials will be provided through the class board. participants will have scheduled weeks for reading selected passages from each author.
what’s included
all plans include full access—
10 live Zoom sessions
saturdays at 18:00 CET | 12PM EST
~2.5 hours each, intimate group seminar format.
10 replays
every class recorded + shared. rewatch at your own pace.
10 workbooks
class presentations, research assignments, and guided writing prompts.
5 writing workshops
in-class workshops inspired by each author in our curriculum.
3 reading weeks
built-in space to breathe. no class on april 25th, may 30th, or june 27th. these weeks are dedicated time for reading + integrating the material at your own pace.
WhatsApp community
stay connected between classes— share work, ask questions, build relations.
class board
curated core materials + supplemental readings for the full 13 weeks.
what community members are saying
“the space you didn’t know you needed to deepen the way you read, express and perceive the world.”
— Ana, France“a spectacular creative container.”
— Daniela, Canada“the workshops [are] incredibly powerful… it definitely boosted my creative confidence.”
— Soraya, Switzerlandfrequently asked questions
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our virtual classes are ~2.5h on saturdays, 18:00 CET | 12PM EST | 9AM PST. we recommend finding 2-3 hours/week of reading + research time outside of class.
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we highly recommend attending the sessions live to get the most out of our lively community discussions + workshops, but don’t worry if you miss a few sessions— all replays are sent within 24hr of class.
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the flow of our curriculum alternates between seminars, writing workshops, and reading weeks. we’ve created a space that balances structure with freedom, with lots of opportunities to move at your own pace. you can drop-in to class and get work done without fear of “falling behind” when you haven’t completed particular readings/research assignments. show up as you are.
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you are welcome to join with any level of writing experience. previous cohort members have included seasoned writers, beginners, and everyone in-between.
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both of our previous cohorts had 16 participants. visual artists, researchers, playwrights, poets, and aspiring novelists… from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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