Rev Up That Review, Luv! Led By Andrea Plaid

Saturday, March 12th, 2022 | 12 PM ET - 3 PM ET

Tuition | $50.00

Capacity: 20 Storytellers

You love love love books, right? And you always wanted to share your opinions about the books you’ve read but aren’t sure how to do it or who to approach on publishing one, right? With “Rev Up That Review, Luv!”, Kirkus reviewer Andrea Plaid will show you how to write one! Andrea (she/her/hers/herself) will teach you how to write a long and a short book review about your favorite tome, be it sci-fi, poetry, history, or romance. She’ll deconstruct both to demonstrate: –The difference between writing a synopsis and a review. –How to incorporate a synopsis into a review. –How to write a spoiler-free review. –How to meld social justice into a book review. –How to defend your social-justice position in your review. And Andrea believes in learning by doing! So, the students will craft a 200-300 word review and can volunteer to workshop them with the rest of the class. Andrea also will offer suggestions on places where students can either self-publish or pitch their work.

About the Faculty: Named one of Ebony.com’s “8 Dynamic Black Women Editors in New Media” in 2013, Andrea Plaid’s work on race, gender, sex, and sexuality has appeared at Newsweek.com, Vogue.com, In These Times, On The Issues, Bitch.com, and Rewire. Her commentary has appeared on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry, Huffington Post Live, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post. She is writing the forthcoming stylebook, Penning with the People, for the TFW/University of Arizona Press’ book series. She lives in Detroit, MI. When not training as a sex educator or opining in/on joints like MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post., Andrea (she/her) writes for outlets like Newsweek.com, Vogue.com, Bitch.com, and Rewire.

Partial and full scholarships are available. Email scholarship inquiries to Info@RootsWoundsWords.org. Explicitly state the scholarship (partial or full) you’re interested in.

Like all RWW offerings, this space is for Black, Indigenous, Latinx/e, Asian, and other Storytellers of Color only. BIPOC Storytellers are centered here, exclusively.