Devotion is a practice-based creative writing workshop that nurtures writing practices through communal writing sessions that foster accountability, solidarity and collective learning.
2026 Devotion Workshops
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Queer Ancestry Summer School 2026
As Sam Moore wrote, ‘all my teachers died of AIDS.’
Workshops Tuesdays from 5pm-7pm UK time via Zoom.
July 21, 28, August 4, 11, 18, 25, September 1 & 8.
Devotion presents Queer Ancestry, our signature workshop of queer ancestral writing techniques for every day. Across eight weeks, we will learn from our queer ancestors (or as Dana Ward said, the many gendered mothers of my heart) who died too soon, and those we are lucky to still share a world with.
Workshop material includes works by David Wojnarowicz, Gertrude Stein, Audre Lorde, Judy Grahn, Samuel Delaney, Sappho, Emily Dickinson, Gloria Anzaldúa, Cookie Mueller, Nan Goldin, Eileen Myles, Adrienne Rich, Barbara Hammer, Tove Jansson & many more.
Ancestral wisdom carries sacred tools for creating and sustaining a writing practice that nourishes, challenges, shifts paradigms – and which fights against the poverty of expression increasingly offered to by culture at large.
Workshops include readings, accessible explanations, prompts and techniques, structured group writing time, and opportunities for optional discussion and sharing. We will also be joined by special guests across the semester who will share their own work and queer lineage. This is an inclusive space for anyone who wants to learn more about queer ancestry, and to be prompted and challenged.
Topics explored will include:
Tracing queer lineage
Queer ancestral tactics, techniques, tools for writing
The history of queer literature and culture
Honing a writing practice
Resistance and refusal
Courage and transformation
Mentorship and finding our chosen family
Live workshops are recorded and available for attendees – if you're unable to make every workshop you are welcome to watch back in your own time (recordings remain available for six months). The materials discussed in the workshops are collated for easy access on Padlet. There is no preparation required for any Devotion workshop. No homework, no obligation to share written work, and no prior experience necessary.
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