“Beth Piatote’s writing prompts and the way in which she engaged participants in the writing process and handled the group dynamics.”
“I found Beth Piatote’s reading to be extremely inspiring!”
“Beth Piatote was an inspirational workshop leader and greatly appreciated by her students.”
True to Form: Adventures with the Short Story
What is the one defining feature of a short story? It’s short. And even that one is up for grabs. In this workshop, we’ll explore the many shapes and textures a short story can take, and experiment with known, and perhaps unknown forms. To prepare for this workshop, stock your notebook with some story ideas, sketches, awkward moments, ambivalent feelings and beautiful scenes. Once we get started, you will need to have courage to be true to the form your story needs to take, even if you’ve never seen anything like it.
Beth Piatote is a writer of short fiction, personal essay, drama, and academic essay. She is the author of two books: a scholarly monograph, Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American Literature (Yale 2013), and the mixed-genre collection, The Beadworkers: Stories and her work has appeared in numerous journals and collections. She is currently working on a collection of essays, Nez Perce Word for Shark, and a novel. In addition to writing, Beth is devoted to indigenous language revitalization, focusing on Nez Perce. She is Nez Perce, enrolled with Colville Confederated Tribes.