CREATIVE WRITING
at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco
Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.
Tag: Giorgia Peckman
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by Giorgia Peckman (’14) From the Sarah Fontaine Unit “And that’s what I saw when I looked out the window that day. All these words were living.” — Eileen Myles Frances said, “I want to be God/Bring me good news.” That is the role I possess, desire and aspire to as a writer— possibly not…
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Congrats to our very own Giorgia Peckman (’14) for an Honorable Mention in the Discus Awards! She’s been rewarded $1,000 from the judging panel. Also for a recent publication in The Whistling Fire, her poem “Sundial.”
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by Giorgia (’14) I dragged Abigail up top to Mollie Stones with me last week, with the promise of a pompelmo San Pellegrino soda, because I wanted company and she was thirsty. (Now, you see, Abigail and I have a very unique kind of relationship where I wipe flour on her shirt and call her…
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‘Aight, here are the long-awaited behind-the-scenes photos. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes videos, for an in-depth look at CW’s creative process and waffles.
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by Giorgia (’14) In February I attended Gallifrey One, one of the largest Doctor Who conventions in the country, for my fifth consecutive year. This year, Gallifrey crept up on me, drowned out by the chaos of Junior year, instead of the months of preparation, from hotel room to costumes and ribbons (a tradable tradition at the…
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by Giorgia (’14) Capoeira is a Brazilian martial arts that was created by African slaves during the colonial era. It ties together dance, music, and martial arts, as well as containing a strong life philosophy. Individual capoeira practices vary from school to school. I’ve been playing capoeira since I was six years old, at summer…
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Junior Giorgia Peckman is going to be published in The Ilanot Review. Congrats! That’s the Chicago way.
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by Giorgia (’14) (Last year, when the class of ’14 were sophomores, CWI studied groups of Movements throughout history, and on top of writing responses to each Movement, reflected on each group’s causes, characteristics, and effects in the poetry of the modern world.) In creative writing I find we often have a very narrow view…
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by Giorgia (’14) One of the main things Creative Writing has taught me, through a constant struggle of tears and rage and wailing (“But I’m not good enough!”) is that I have opinions and think things. And, even more shocking, is that I am allowed to do that: that is why I write–– and it…
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