Beyond! Resources

Powerpoint

Beyond! Slides

Class Packets

Beyond! Manifesto (V1)

Reading Packet

Texts From Class

Saul Williams — , Said the Shotgun to the Head

The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop

The New Census: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry

Jamie Mortara — Some Planet

Lynda Barry — What it Is

Lynda Barry — Picture This

Gabriele Lusser Rico — Writing the Natural Way: Turn the Task of Writing into the Joy of Writing

Further Reading

Steven Reese. “Not All Reading is Good Reading”

Phil at Asymmetic Creativity. “The Paradox of Creativity is the Need for Constraint”

Paul Kiernan.  “The Creativity of Constraint: Why Limits Spark Innovation”

Sheena Iyengar. “How to make Choosing Easier” (Ted Talk re: Jam Experiment)

Benjamin Cassidy. “The Twisted Life of Clippy”

Lynda Barry Collection

Lynda Barry — “Picture This” Excerpt

Lynda Barry — “What it Is” — Activities Workbook

Lynda Barry — “What at Is” — Two Questions

Lynda Barry — “What it Is” — Essay Questions

Publication Opportunity

Submit to The Beyond! Archive

Note: Everything in this archive is for educational purposes only.

Submit to the Beyond! Archive

Have you recently taken a Beyond! workshop? If so, you are welcome to submit any work you created as a result of the class for inclusion in the archive.

Note: the archive is a private community that is only accessible to other Beyond! alumni. You maintain first publication rights to your work.