WRITING IN PRACTICE VOL 11

ABSTRACT
The norm is not an apolitical natural happenstance, but rather a culturally perpetuated concept. Queer writers who reject the need to fit into heteronormative (or passing, or palatable) modes of writing can (and do) craft fascinating texts that are worthy of study; some of these queer authors choose to engage with writing that is more unconventional in nature through a hybrid and/or experimental queer poetics. A queer voice can be generative, both in terms of what a genre is/can be, and in terms of how established genres can be remixed, reformed, or redefined. Specific techniques toward hybridity and experimentation, as will be explored here, can include unexpected forms, a union of the poetic and the prosaic, and visual/linguistic multimodal composition. Example texts will include I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Mac Crane, Open Throat by Henry Hoke, She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya, and The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill.

KEYWORDS

LGBTQ; Experimental Literature; 21st century; Queer Studies; Creative Writing Studies; Creative Writing; Multimodality; Poetics; Craft

HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE
Carroll, Audrey. (2025) Hybridity & Experimentation in the Margins of Creative
Writing. Writing in Practice. 11  DOI: 10.62959/WIP-11-2025-10