Goucher Workshop Sampler
Goucher College’s Creative Writing Program contains an enriching curriculum of creative writing workshops. The hyperlinks below lead to representative students’ work from these workshops.
“Smoking Pavement” by Tess Landon
“Static, Rumble, Jazz” by Madison Mattison
“Purple Mountains” by Joanna Sandy
“Diseased Vehicles” by Matthew Savin
“Prompting” by Josiah Acosta-Ballard
“He Drew Stained Glass on My Skin” by Charlotte Willis
“Outside Eden” by Micaela Beigel
“The Waterbearer” by Avery McCorkle
“The Dream of Elyas” by Kenza Elghaib
“Absolute Green” by Madeline St. Clair
“The Corn Tree” by Julian Fernandez
“Spencer Goes to Church” by Brendan Jines
“Sprache der Wolken” by Gwen Moiles
“Benthic Zones” by Alexandra Kessler
“You Are Your Very Own Very Unique Snowflake” by Sally Anne Clegg
“One Who Lives Chastely in the Presence of Temptation” by Gregory Baer
“Taxonomy” by Julie Steinbacher
“An Ass Out of You and Me” by Tim King
“Strange Appearances” by Leah Hoffman
“What I Told Jimmo”by Andy Madison
“Valencia, Land of Oranges” by Rachel Bernstein
“Underfoot” by Allison McCarthy
“How I Met My Zombie Boyfriend” by Kaitlyn Miller
“Lola Wants” by Simone Martell
“Pure Inspiration” by Molly Cincotta
“Kiss Me Here” by Hannah Badalova
“Fake It Til You Make It” by Jessica Dunn
“Amo Este Pais” by Mariah Healey
“Sinking Poetry” by Dan Bornstein
“Indian Girls in Miniskirts” by Ryan Hereford
“Smoke and Diamonds, Diamonds and Smoke” by Katelyn Dix
“Mary Star of the Sea” by Matt Ashby
“Saves Nine” by Helen McLaughlin
“The Soothsayer” by Greg Wolff
“Catted Ear Street” by Jared Fischer
Excerpt from “How I Became A Fisherman Named Pete” by David Spencer
“Yard Sale” by Kathleen McGill
“A Matter of Time” by Caitlin Corrigan
“Animal Crackers” by L.E. Zupko
“The Fishbowl” by Hannah Letherbury
“Inventing Saigon” by Jason Leahey
“I Have Had Enough” by Emma Ruthloff
“Good Karma Soup” by Ken Harris
“Saint George Finally Meets His Match” by Andrej Krasnansky
“In the Time It Takes for the Smoke to Clear” by Katherine Owen
“Autumn Rhythm” by Sarajane Snyder
“Little Sleep Song” by Angela Regas
“Grandmother on the Bus” by Nicole Barnabee
“Anonymous” by Jenna Lynn Pearson
Excerpts from “The Lou Douglas Network” by Todd Jackson
Excerpts from “Killing the Good Girl” by Christine Steward
“Black Light” by Sheila Kelly Green
“Necessary Madness: Chapter 3” by Jenn Crowell
“I Don’t Even Care If I’m Dirty Any More” by Lesley Ann Wernsdorfer
“The Difference Between Us” by Jeanette Lareau
“Thirty-two Flavors” by Eve Ellis
“Ophelius and Hamlette” by Francesca Jandasek
“Pavel the Centipede” by Francesca Jandasek
“Match” by Jeremy Louis Clark Jones
“Pins and Needles” by Jeanette Lareau
“A Million Moss-Green Shards” by Jonathan Lasser
“Finding Trevor” by Jessica Monhollen
“Steel Moon” by Christine Warner
“Perpetual Check” by Samara Kanegis
“Asterisms” by Heidi Vornbrook Roosa
“A Note in a Bottle” by Dawid Crouch
The September 11th Portfolio
The following three short stories comprise the September 11th Portfolio. The events of September 11, 2001 inspired (directly or indirectly) a good deal of fiction by Goucher writers. A short selection of these works follows. “Fall on Me” will be posted for a limited period: from September 11 to September 16.
“Radiation” by Kathleen McGill
“Evening News” by Skyler Breeden
“A Call To Action”by Zachary Crabtree