Winter Seasonal: The Story Underneath the Story

A generative creative lab with Lidia Yuknavitch and the Corporeal Writing Squad

Friday February 28th through Sunday March 2nd, 2025
at McMenamin’s Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211)

Think thaw. Think unearth. Think spelunk. Then be willing to send the thinker brain on sabbatical for the weekend. In this Winter Seasonal session, Lidia Yuknavitch and the Corporeal Writing Squad offer myriad paths to transform your prose and excavate your poetics in ways that are endlessly generative. We will start at the surface and invite you to unearth spectral layers of figurative and literal meaning that you can wrap in a satchel and take with you.

Gather with Lidia Yuknavitch and the Corporeal Writing Squad for a full weekend of writing, discussion, and metamorphosis.

Schedule:

Friday, February 28th: 630pm-830pm container-co-creation; mini-writing portal; refreshments served!

Saturday, March 1st: 11am-1pm generative writing, 1pm-2pm lunch (served), 2pm-4pm generative writing

Sunday March 2nd: 11am-1pm generative writing, 1pm-2pm lunch (served), 2pm-4pm generative writing

Pricing:

The following payment model is inspired by and borrowed from the payment model of Bayo Akomolafe’s class, We Will Dance With Mountains: Into the Cracks.

This workshop offers a sliding scale based on your relative financial standing. In an effort to reflect disparity in economic condition and access to wealth, the following payment system is designed for those with more wealth to help cover the costs of those with less access to wealth and resources. We trust your discernment of your current financial situation and how you fit into the global economic context.

As you decide what amount to pay, please consider your present-day financial situation governed by income, but also the following factors: historical discrimination faced by your peoples; your financial wealth (retirement/savings/investments); your access to income and financial wealth, both current and anticipated (how easily could you earn more income compared to other people in your community, country, and the world; are you expecting an inheritance); people counting on your financial livelihood including dependents and community members; the socio-economic conditions of your locale (relative to other places in your country and in the world); your relationship to food & resource scarcity.

$500 Partner

$450 Supporter

$375 Companion

We always offer payment plans. Please email Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com for more info, or if you are feeling challenged in any way by the financial requirements of participation.

A limited number of scholarships are available: Click here to apply.

Lidia Yuknavitch is a writer, a swimmer, and co-founder of Corporeal Writing. (www.lidiayuknavitch.net)

Janice Lee (she/they) is a Korean American writer, teacher, spiritual scholar, shamanic healer, moosh mama, and author of 8 books. She is the Operational Creative Director at Corporeal Writing and an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Portland State University. (janicel.com)

Domi Shoemaker is the gender-free co-founder of Lidia Yuknavitch’s Corporeal Writing, where  Domi manages virtual drop-in, connects writers with one another, and leads writing collaborations online and in-person. They also offer coaching and editing services through Corporeal Writing and they would love to talk with you about writing. 

Katie Collins-Guinn (she/they) is a mother, artist, writer, spouse, and dirt digger. Her adult coloring book The Stoner Babes was published in 2018 with Microcosm Publishing, which celebrates diversity alongside the transcendental and medicinal qualities of cannabis, and is sold worldwide. She’s spent time as a contributing freelance writer for the Portland Mercury and has been published in Pacific Stone Zine, Call Me [Brackets], Entropy, Nailed Magazine and others. She knows how to make a spectacular gown from scratch.

Daniel Isaiah Elder (he/they) is a queer Jewish writer and a Lambda Literary fellow. Originally from New York City, he is now based in Portland, Oregon.