Seminar #1
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In this weekly discussion course we will closely read, reflect upon, and discuss books by three great America authors who write about the experience of being a Black American in this country. Supplemental readings may include the work of Audre Lorde, Raina Leone, Jericho Brown, Tongo Eisen-Martin and others.
Seminar Style Discussion Classes for Serious Readers
A series of facilitated discussion courses for anyone who craves the chance to read diverse and compelling texts and then to converse deeply on the ideas, philosophies, and cultural assumptions inherent within. This is not a lecture course. Your instructors - long-time faculty members of the renowned Collegiate Seminar Program at Saint Mary's College of California - will facilitate honest, open, and respectful discussion. Never mind consensus or resounding agreement. Our goal is to gain a greater, more expansive and generous understanding of history, of ourselves as human beings, and of the living and nonliving world of which we are part.
Perfect for writers, serious readers, and anyone who wishes to take part in respectful, rigorous, and professionally facilitated discussions.
Cost $15.00 - $45.00 per 90 min discussion
(Sliding scale. Pay what you can. Scholarships available.)
Meet your Instructors:
Rashaan Meneses: A 2020 Bainbridge Resident for Seventh Wave Magazine and a future resident at Well Spring Retreat in Massachusetts as well as Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland, Rashaan Alexis Meneses has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, The International Retreat for Writers at Hawthornden Castle, UK, the Jacob K. Javits Program, along with an Ancinas scholarship from Community of Writers at Squaw Valley and a scholarship from Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. Her fiction and non-fiction have been featured in various journals and anthologies, including Kartika Review, Puerto Del Sol, New Letters, BorderSenses, Kurungabaa, The Coachella Review, Pembroke Magazine, Doveglion Press, and the anthology Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults. When she’s not writing or teaching, she’s hiking the California coast with her family. You can find her at http://rashaanalexismeneses.com/
Mary Volmer is the author of two novels: Crown of Dust (Soho Press, 2010) and Reliance, Illinois (Soho Press, 2016). Her essays, reviews, and short stories have appeared in various publications, including Mutha Magazine, the Farallon Review, Women’s Basketball Magazine, Fiction Writers Review, Historical Novel Society Review, The New Orleans Review, Brevity, and Ploughshares. After earning a master’s degree at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where she was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College (CA). She has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Hedgebrook and was the spring 2015 Distinguished Visiting Writer in Residence at Saint Mary’s College (CA) where she now teaches. www.maryvolmer.com
In this weekly discussion course we will closely read, reflect upon, and discuss books by three great America authors who write about the experience of being a Black American in this country. Supplemental readings may include the work of Audre Lorde, Raina Leone, Jericho Brown, Tongo Eisen-Martin and others.
Seminar Style Discussion Classes for Serious Readers
A series of facilitated discussion courses for anyone who craves the chance to read diverse and compelling texts and then to converse deeply on the ideas, philosophies, and cultural assumptions inherent within. This is not a lecture course. Your instructors - long-time faculty members of the renowned Collegiate Seminar Program at Saint Mary's College of California - will facilitate honest, open, and respectful discussion. Never mind consensus or resounding agreement. Our goal is to gain a greater, more expansive and generous understanding of history, of ourselves as human beings, and of the living and nonliving world of which we are part.
Perfect for writers, serious readers, and anyone who wishes to take part in respectful, rigorous, and professionally facilitated discussions.
Cost $15.00 - $45.00 per 90 min discussion
(Sliding scale. Pay what you can. Scholarships available.)
Meet your Instructors:
Rashaan Meneses: A 2020 Bainbridge Resident for Seventh Wave Magazine and a future resident at Well Spring Retreat in Massachusetts as well as Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland, Rashaan Alexis Meneses has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, The International Retreat for Writers at Hawthornden Castle, UK, the Jacob K. Javits Program, along with an Ancinas scholarship from Community of Writers at Squaw Valley and a scholarship from Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. Her fiction and non-fiction have been featured in various journals and anthologies, including Kartika Review, Puerto Del Sol, New Letters, BorderSenses, Kurungabaa, The Coachella Review, Pembroke Magazine, Doveglion Press, and the anthology Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults. When she’s not writing or teaching, she’s hiking the California coast with her family. You can find her at http://rashaanalexismeneses.com/
Mary Volmer is the author of two novels: Crown of Dust (Soho Press, 2010) and Reliance, Illinois (Soho Press, 2016). Her essays, reviews, and short stories have appeared in various publications, including Mutha Magazine, the Farallon Review, Women’s Basketball Magazine, Fiction Writers Review, Historical Novel Society Review, The New Orleans Review, Brevity, and Ploughshares. After earning a master’s degree at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where she was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College (CA). She has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Hedgebrook and was the spring 2015 Distinguished Visiting Writer in Residence at Saint Mary’s College (CA) where she now teaches. www.maryvolmer.com
