Some Weird Sh*t w/ Nia Hampton

Writing our Past & Future Selves  w/ Nia Hampton

This creative writing workshop series will feature 4 sequential workshops throughout April and May, and a final class reading. All classes will be 90 minute long and take place at Drama Mama Bookshop. Students will come away from this workshop series with a strong writing community, diverse writing samples from varying genres and confidence to read their works out loud.

 Book Binding [04/03/22]

In this workshop you'll get a complete introduction to all the necessary tools required for the traditional book binding method called the "coptic stitch".  The coptic stitch book binding method is one that has existed for centuries and is known and referred to as the "TRUE" book binding method. With its Egyptian and Ethiopian roots, it is by far the most durable and aesthetically pleasing book binding method.  Together we'll work with a variety of organic materials to design and personalize your journal cover. This class will be taught by Alisa L. Brock.

 Shame  [04/10/2022]

This generative workshop aims to help break would-be writers out of the shame of not writing or not writing about the very thing that keeps them from pursuing their deepest desires. We will be reading Kettle Holes by Melissa Febos and With Violence and Doubt by Joseph Earl Thomas.

 ReWriting Your Lineage [04/24/22]

We will be creating critical fabulations on the people, places and things we descend from. Bring something that you've inherited via your family or culture. Court Summons, Grandparents wedding ring, old bible, hand me down socks or even a way of communicating. Tell me the story of this thing. We will be reading an excerpt from Saidiya Hartman's “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals”  

Some Weird Sh*t [05/01/22]

Participants will learn how to write short speculative fiction through writing prompts created to stimulate our abstract writing senses. We will be reading work from Miranda July and  Nafissa Thompson Spires and Octavia Butler in the hopes that students will be inspired to dabble in sci fi, fantasy and genre fiction writing. 

Class Reading [05/08/22]

Students are encouraged to invite their friends and family to a reading of the work they’ve written over the duration of the series.

Here at the Drama MaMa Bookshop we believe in the written word. Whether these written words come together in order to pass down priceless information or simply to keep us organized as we go about our day, we know that there’s magic in every stroke of your pen. So whether you are embarking on a new journey, creating a world that's all your own, planning a better tomorrow or just being mindful of today. We're here right along with you. Offering you a boost of encouragement and a ton of quality. Choose us and explore the pages of the past or create the pages of tomorrow… with a little bit of Drama and a lot of love.

Nia Hampton is an artist, educator, organizer, and most importantly a West Baltimore native. Her self published zine “Cicatrizes” was featured in AfroPunk.com. Her cultural reviews and features about the global black experience have been featured in Vice.com, VillageVoice.com, City Paper, Dazed Digital.com, Genius.com, and Paste Magazine.com. Her creative non-fiction has been featured in True Laurels, Griots Republic.com, The Coalition Zine and Hysteria Zine. Her poetry has been featured in GlitterMOBMag.com.About DramaMamaBookshop: