Spells for Safety with ching-in chen

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7th
2:00–4:30 pm ET

Using the anthology Poetry as Spellcasting: Poems, Essays, and Prompts for Manifesting Liberation and Reclaiming Power, we will create and dream poem-rituals and spells together as freedom maps for ourselves and our communities.

eligibility:

This workshop is open to all writers of color. The non-refundable tuition fee is $300. This class will be held over Zoom. Scholarships are available, and the applications are open through October 2nd.

registRATION for this workshop IS NOW CLOSED

scholarship APPLICATIONS for this workshop ARE NOW CLOSED

Note: If you can presently afford to pay for a spot in this workshop, we ask that you please do not apply for a scholarship. This will help us provide the scholarship opportunity to someone who cannot otherwise register for the workshop.

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.