Committed Craft with Hazem Fahmy

wednesdays, february 4th–25th, 2026
7:00–9:30 pm ET

What does it mean to engage with craft in 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 class, 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.

eligibility:

This workshop is open to all writers of color. The non-refundable tuition fee is $300. This class will be held over Zoom. There is one scholarship spot available, and the applications are open through Wednesday, January 14th.

register for this workshop here

apply for a scholarship here

FACULTY:

Hazem Fahmy is a writer and critic from Cairo. A PhD candidate in Middle Eastern Studies at Columbia University, he is the author of three chapbooks: Red//Jild//Prayer (2017) from Diode Editions, Waiting for Frank Ocean in Cairo (2022) from Half-Mystic Press, and At the Gates (2023) from Akashik Books’ New-Generation African Poets series. A Kundiman and Watering Hole Fellow, his writing has appeared, or is forthcoming in The Best American Poetry 2020, The Boston Review, Prairie Schooner, Mubi Notebook, Reverse Shot, and Mizna.