This spring semester, OSU-Tulsa is offering a Hip Hop Poetics course that is open to students for credit and to the public as a non-credit option. The course will take place at OSU-Tulsa with a remote option available.

The public can register for the class at tul.catalog.instructure.com/courses/hip-hop-poetics--beats-rhymes-life.

Students should talk to their advisor and then register for the course in myOKSTATE.

Led by Quraysh Ali Lansana, the course will provide students the basic knowledge and tools to build a solid foundation in the history and culture of Hip Hop, including writing and experimenting in the foundational and groundbreaking aesthetics of hiphop cultural practice. We will also explore the history and contemporary public practice of hip-hop; as a music, art, cultural and political form and forum; from its conscious counter of hegemony to its inclusion and move into the center of popular culture. The significance and impact of Hip Hop aesthetic and contextual explorations in the U.S. will also be ascertained. Students will be able to identify and distinguish various forms and elements of Hip Hop lyrics, music and culture and will acquire the vocabulary to discuss the artist’s use of language and other relevant elements.

Jan. 25
Flash Prose | Led by Cassidy McCants

6-week workshops, $225 to register

A piece of flash fiction is a story stripped down to its essence, usually consisting of no more than 1,000 words. In this generative course, we’ll study contemporary examples of flash fiction and nonfiction, and students will respond to writing prompts in order to create their own original flash prose pieces. We’ll practice saying more with fewer words; we’ll explore language and discover ways to push it to its greatest potential. By the end of the course, students should feel comfortable reading and responding to flash fiction. I also hope we’ll create a generous, nurturing space in which students feel eager to share their work. This will be a place for experimentation and practice.

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About the instructor: Cassidy McCants is a writer and editor from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She received her B.A. in creative writing from University of Arkansas and her M.F.A. in fiction writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is Managing Editor of Nimrod International Journal and creator/editor of Apple in the Dark Journal. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from The Lascaux Review, Liars’ League NYC, Gravel, The Idle Class, filling Station, Witch Craft Magazine, and other publications, and her stories have received honorable mentions from Glimmer Train Press.