Exploring Form in Poetry and Prose In this two-hour generative workshop, we’ll explore form as a practical and imaginative tool for writers of poetry, prose, and hybrid work. We’ll spend some time discussing how a piece’s shape changes what becomes possible on the page as well as work with prompts that approach form as a […]
Dorsía Smith Silva (In Inheritance of Drowning, CavanKerry, 2024) and Vincent Toro (Hivestruck, Penguin 2024) will explore why their writing in these precarious times is essential, especially as their writing embodies protest poetry. They will discuss protest writing as a transformative experience and means to address US colonialism, Latinx identity, and the intersections between Puerto […]
How to Return to a Draft with Curiosity Revision can sometimes feel like correction, judgment, or pressure to make a piece “work.” In this two-hour workshop, we’ll reframe revision as a practice of listening: a way of returning to a draft with curiosity about what is already alive within it. Through brief craft discussion, guided […]
As poets, essayists, and teachers, both Nicky and Catherine embrace a practice of play. Far from being frivolous, or antithetical to serious and complex work, play can be an essential part of the creative process. In this conversation, Nicky and Catherine (or Katie)—longtime friends from their grad school days more than twenty years ago—will talk […]