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Writing as Composting
A writespace special event video
November 2025
Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee grinds, and old steak bones of our minds come nitrogen, heat, and very fertile soil. (Natalie Goldberg)
Michael W. Moses II
How can we turn the decomposing garbage heaps of our own minds — to say nothing of all the other political and cultural rubbish piling up around us in the world right now! — into fertile soil for writing?
In this WriteSPACE Special Event, international writing expert Helen Sword and Michael W. Moses II, an assistant professor of Higher Education and Qualitative Methods at the University of California Riverside, engaged in a lively conversation and workshop exploring the metaphor of composting in academic, professional, and creative writing. Michael brings his background as a professional development coach and trained yoga instructor to his scholarly writing on (among other topics) critical race theory, structural racism, somatic teaching and learning, and mindfulness in academic writing.
The video of the first hour of this WriteSPACE Special Event is free to all who register. The 2-hour video is available for WriteSPACE and WS Studio members in their Videos library. (Not a member? Click here and use the discount code SPACEPASS to try free for 30 days.)
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