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ISAAC MILLER, PhD candidate in African American Studies

College: Northwestern University

Major: African American Studies

Year of Graduation: G

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Isaac Ginsberg Miller is a poet, scholar, and educator. For the past ten years he has worked as a teaching artist in the Bay Area, Detroit, and New York City, working with InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Detroit Future Schools, Youth Speaks, Urban Word NYC, and the James and Grace Lee Boggs School. Isaac earned an MFA in poetry at NYU, where he was a Goldwater fellow. Additionally, he has received fellowships from the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop and the Blue Mountain Center. He is currently a PhD candidate in African American Studies at Northwestern University, where he is also a member of the Poetry and Poetics Graduate Cluster.

Past Classes

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A292: Introduction to Creative Writing (Poetry) in Splash 2017 (Apr. 29, 2017)

Whether you write poems all the time, or you've never written a poem in your life, this workshop is a chance to learn more about the art of poetry, and to think about what stories you want to tell. We'll practice writing exercises that will help you write poems inspired by your life, the world, politics, music, art, sports, history, and more. Whether you like poetry on the page, on the stage (spoken word, poetry slam), or in music (song lyrics, hip hop), this workshop will help you dive deeper into your creative process. You'll leave with writing prompts and resources to continue honing your craft after the workshop is over.