What does it mean to commit to our craft during a time of compounding crisis? How can poets invest in craft while divesting from the institutional violence often required to sustain it as a practice? In this workshop, we will read a wide range of poetry and a sprinkling of critical writing to try and address these questions together. The aim is not to reach a definitive answer, but to think deeply about how form, practice, and discipline serve our work, both on and beyond the page. To guide our discussion and writing, we will be reading poems and texts by Suji Kwock Kim, Noor Hindi, Aracelis Girmay, June Jordan, Layli Long Soldier, Don Mee Choi, and Refaat Alareer, among others.

This is a four-week long workshop starting on Monday, October 12th from 7:00 PM–9:30 PM ET. This workshop is open to all writers of color.

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