Led by professional writers\, our monthly\ , 90-minute workshops provide unique opportunities for you to develop your craft and make connections with other local creatives. Everyone is welcom e&mdash\;no experience necessary. \;
\nThis month\, 2023 Whiting Award Winner in Fiction\, Carribean Fragoza\, will introduce us to &ldquo \;Chancla Cartography\,&rdquo\; a pedestrian approach to writing that find s subject material in daily environments and interactions. Through a serie s of exercises\, we&rsquo\;ll draw upon personal and collective narratives embedded in familiar landscapes\, such as our neighborhoods and homes\, a nd have opportunities to share and discuss what we've created. Come write with us!
\nRegistration is required.
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About Carribean Fragoza
\nCarribean Fragoza is a writer and artist from South El Monte. Her collection of stories Eat the Mouth That Feeds You was published in 2021 by City Lights and was a finalist for a 2022 PEN Award. Her co-edited compilation of essays\, East of East: The Making of Gre ater El Monte was published by Rutgers University Press and her colle ction of essays Writing Home: New Terrains of California is forth coming with Angel City Press. She has published in Harper's Bazaar\, The N ew York Times\, Zyzzyva\, Alta\, BOMB\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, ArtNews\, and Aperture Magazine. She is the Prose Editor at Huizache Magaz ine\, the Creative Nonfiction and Poetry Editor at Boom California\, and t he founder and co-director of South El Monte Arts Posse\, an interdiscipli nary arts collective. Fragoza won a Whiting Award for Fiction in March.
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