What are your syntactic habits and how do they constrict or limit where your poems will take you? If you can say “my poems always/ never…” (eg. are in first person, start in present tense, use complete sentences, ask questions, …
Join us for an exploration into the lost art of letter writing. Pen postcard prompts and letter lead-ins to create a mailable gift you will send to a friend at the end of the workshop. Recommended for middle school students.
The poetry of John Wieners (1934-2004) influenced the San Francisco Renaissance, the Beats, and the poetic's of pacifism and gay rights. The many registers of Wiener’s poetry are explored in an evening of readings and conversation occasioned by the publication …
Myths of African, Asian, Greek, and Roman origin are embedded in World literature, not only as metaphor and moral, but as a measure of humanity’s intrinsic faults or heroism. This workshop will explore timeless myths as a means to discuss …
Omnidawn books will be available at half-price. Wine, sparkling water, hors d’oeuvres, and sweets will be provided. Evening will include readings from several Omnidawn authors/translators.
Are you fascinated by Monarch butterflies? Dark matter? Funiculars? Politics? Medieval art? How do you go about translating that passionate interest onto the page? In this workshop, we will explore how other poets have plumbed their passions—Maggie Nelson in Bluets, …
Throughout the millennia, poets have been inspired by the visual arts as a way into reading the self and soul. This workshop will explore figurations of the soul through our numinous encounters with the visual. How can we create a …
In this class, each writer will select a classic text to adapt and transform over the course of the six weeks, while engaging with poems based on precursor texts, and the precursors that provoked them. How can writing be a …
In her only New York City event for two books newly published this year, Jane Hirshfield, one of the foremost poets of her generation and a master illuminator of poetic craft, will read from The Beauty(poems) and Ten Windows: How …
From as far back as the Romans – as in other time & places, everywhere – translation has served poets as another and very productive form of composition. This workshop will focus therefore on the ways in which this interactive …