Classes
Endless Fluidity: Coming-of-Age stories in Transgender Memoir
Ages 18 and up
October 15–November 5, 2024
6–9pm EST, Tuesdays
Image from the Louis Graydon Sullivan Papers, courtesy of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society.
Instructor
Tanya Marquardt
Pricing
$350 (tuition assistance available)
Dates
15 October - 5 November
The bildungsroman is a German literary genre more commonly known as a ‘coming-of- age’ story. In a bildungsroman, plot and narrative reveal each step of an educational, emotional, and spiritual transformation. Transgender memoirists have a unique perspective on this sub-genre – their ‘coming-of-age’ stories can happen at any time, any age, and can repeat throughout their lives. This course will approach the genre of bildungsroman through the memoirs of transgender writers Harry Dodge, Lou Sullivan, Cecelia Gentili, and Andrea Long Chu. Participants will write one 10-15 page memoir piece, with a number of smaller personal essays and in-class assignments.
This course will be held in-person at the Abrons Arts Center. All courses will gather on Thursday November 14th for a culminating share out.
For a longer course description, please visit The School of Making Thinking’s page.
About Tanya Marquadt
Tanya Marquardt is a writer, performer, Magyar-Canadian, and genderqueer. Their book Stray: Memoir of a Runaway was an Advocate Best Queer History & Bio, and their Pushcart nominated “The Transznemű Ember I Needed to See” was a Notable in Best American Essays 2022. Tanya’s writing appears in Prism, Medium, Plentitude, huffpost, OffAssignment, and Grain. A punk version of Stray toured New York, Toronto and Vancouver; Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep, Tanya’s play about discovering a sleeptalking personae through their iPhone, was on NPRs Invisibilia. Their performance “Creature” showed in NY and Hungary. Tanya teaches writing at Hunter College.
Partnership
Endless Fluidity is curated in partnership with The School of Making Thinking.
Tuition Assistance
Abrons offers tuition assistance to any student whose household makes under $50,000 annually. Through our NYCHA Arts Initiative, classes are FREE for all NYCHA residents living in zip codes 10002, 10003, 10009, and 10038.
For courses offered in partnership with the School of Making Thinking, we also offer a sliding scale for Black People, Indigenous People, and People of Color.