Name: World-building and Setting Through Rap Lyrics
Start: 2026-05-23T10:15:00-0600
End: 2026-05-23T11:15:00-0600

World-building and Setting Through Rap Lyrics

Saturday May 23, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am MDT

Jones Performance Hall

With urgency, rappers build dynamic three-dimensional worlds and settings in the small space of a verse and song. How do they do this, and what can we learn from them to change our own writing? We'll watch music videos and analyze lyrics of rap songs to figure out what makes their worlds feel developed and immersive.

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Steven Dunn

A 2021 Whiting Award winner, and shortlisted for Granta magazine’s “Best of Young American Novelists,” Steven Dunn is the author of two books from Tarpaulin Sky Press: water & power (2018) and Potted Meat, which was a co-winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards, a finalist... Read More →

Saturday May 23, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am MDT
Jones Performance Hall 606 Sixth St, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA

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Mountain Words Festival 2026

Steven Dunn

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Mountain Words Festival 2026

Steven Dunn

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