Youve likely heard Frosts writing axiom—no surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader. Letting the unexpected into your writing is essential for creating something that feels fresh and original to readers. But how? In this two hour class youll get an overview of the history of contemporary experimental writing from the modernists through dada and up into hypertext and electronic experimentation. Well read some examples to inspire us, and then well get to work with a variety of guided prompts and chance-based techniques to unlock new avenues in our writing. Youll leave the class with a repertoire of new techniques that you can carry forward and employ any time you could use a little extra inspiration. Appropriate for creative writers in all genres and skill levels.

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Kamal E. Kimball is a queer poet currently living in central Ohio. On the editorial team for Muzzle Magazine, her work has been published or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse, Sweet: A Literary Confection, Colorado Review, Thimble, New South, Salamander, JuxtaProse, Juked, Rattle, Phoebe, Tahoma Literary Review, Hobart, Sundog Lit, Bone Parade, Kaaterskill Basin Literary Journal, Forklift Ohio, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, The Mouth That Sucks the Bone, came out with Pitymilk Press in July 2022. She has served as a guest judge for Writers Digest and taught poetry classes at OSU, University of Cincinnati, Chase Public, The Loft Literary Center, and in a variety of community settings. She is a member of the Ohio Poetry Association and completed her MFA in Poetry at The Ohio State University in 2021. She works as a grant writer for a nonprofit and continues to teach poetry.