Writing the Political Poem
2 Saturdays, Jan. 24 & 31, @ the Record Shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn @ 360 Van Brunt
How to write the “political poem”? What are the stakes of the poem/poet? What does it mean to write poetry that speaks to the present moment?
In this poetry workshop, we’ll create writing that is urgent and takes risks. We’ll discuss strategies for how to write the “political poem,” guided by the work of Etel Adnan, Diane Di Prima, Marwa Helal, Juliana Spahr, Nikki Giovanni, Sean Bonney, Harryette Mullen, Mosab Abu Toha, Bernadette Mayer, Sarah Schulman, Brandon Shimoda, Ted Rees, Mohammed Zenia Siddiq Yusef Ibrahim, and others.
Class time will be divided into closer readings of poems and poetic texts and active writing with generative prompts. REGISTER HERE>
__________________________________________________________________________________ Recent Former Workshops
Page Against the Machine at the School for Poetic Computation (SFPC)
2 Sections, Sundays June 8 - July 6, Virtual
Over the course of five weeks, students will be invited to embark on a writing process or project that mines the computational for what is poetic,
centers seemingly mundane interactions with everyday technologies, and critiques techno-capitalist empire. MORE INFO & APPLICATION HERE>
Writing the Political Poem: a 2-day Summer Intensive w/Tracy Fuad & Ariel Yelen
July 3rd & 4th in Berlin, Germany
How to write the “political poem”? What are the stakes of the poem/poet? How to write poetry that speaks the present moment? In this poetry workshop,
we’ll harness the energy of summer to generate some fire– creating writing that is urgent and takes risks. MORE INFO & APPLICATION HERE>
Obsessed City, Relentless Day: A Generative Seminar at Poetry Society of America
2 Tuesdays, Feb. 18 & 25, virtual
An exploration of contemporary poetry that draws our attention to the city—a site continuously transformed by industry, the workday, commerce,
various architectures, economies, academic institutions, and histories of war and politics.