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

scholarships 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.