Maryam
Ivette
Parhizkar

Bio
Scholarship
Creative Work
Workshops
Curation & Editorial
Media
Contact

Tierra Narrative

Mailing List




Writing Workshops

Since 2021, I have created and facilitated summer critical-creative writing workshops that draw on different aspects of my writing and thinking practice. This pedagogical work builds on prior experience working in non-traditional workshop settings, higher education, and public school programs over the course of 15 years. (In addition to offering these workshops independently, I also do so upon request within other educational and community settings. Please contact me if this is of interest at your school or organization.) 


Objects of Desire
(single extended session, 2023)


Testimonials from past participants:


  • “I loved the thoughtful curation of materials to share, the brilliant and heartful writing prompts, and the grace and attentiveness with which you facilitated group conversation and shared your insights about the material. The pace of the workshop was perfect for a person with a busy life and overly long to-do list who wants to gift themself some time to nurture creative practice.”

  • “The readings were well curated and the sense of community created between everyone felt genuine. The workshop was expansive, investigative, and generative. Many of the themes and readings have never left my mind. I honestly wish I was able to make it to every live session! It truly time well spent.”

  • “Maryam's writing prompts were so supportive in sticking with a question, a disturbance, and unspooling with it—I had several breakthroughs for a longer project during this course.”

  • “This was my first time taking a writing workshop like this, and Maryam made it such a wonderful experience -- both making me feel comfortable to share my thinking on readings I was otherwise sometimes unfamiliar with and also excellent at pushing me to work beyond my usual comfort levels. Maryam is incredible in how she puts together the readings (and viewings) for each week, pairing texts together that otherwise I might not have considered.... I'll be thinking about the texts we read, the conversations we had, and the writing prompts we worked with for a long time. This workshop is exactly what I needed!”

  • “[I enjoyed] the diverse selection of readings, thoughtfully crafted prompts and the pacing of the sessions. Maryam is an amazing facilitator and I deeply appreciated their approach, insights, and guidance.”

  • “I loved the workshop, and the sense of camaraderie you developed through your facilitation. You very skillfully lead us into our writing in ways that were unexpected and yet I also felt like you were taking care of us in the process, watching out for us, leading us into dialogue and into surprise and mystery. There was an element of bibliomancy at play, in the sense that we did not know where we were going but then by the end it was often astonishing to see where we had ended up.”

  • “Your writing prompts have helped me flesh out some dormant thoughts for me to come back to that will likely help me in saying what I’m desperately trying to say through my art. Thank you so much!“