A Generative Poetry Workshop
Level: All Levels
This is a generative writing workshop designed to help women and femme writers unleash the power locked within in them through exploring the work of poignant women writers. Feminist writers like Audre Lorde, Maggie Nelson, Dorothy Chan, Patricia Smith use writing as a tool of expression, resistance, and movement building. We will explore how the femme-centered literary work questions the status quo and challenges all systems of oppression while deepening our feminist roots in knowledge. We will hone our writing skills to not only tap into an unsung voice, but also generate work that moves, mesmerizes, and motivates conversation.
We will also explore ways in which women writers, particularly women and femme writers of color have had to articulate their pain and erasure in unique ways, and will practice emulating that in hopes of also finding a balm, a shovel, a sharp talent to claw ourselves out and back to light.
+ PLEASE NOTE This workshop will occur online via Zoom. Students do not need to create an account to participate, but should test out Zoom before their class if they are first-time users. On Thursday, April 28th from 5:30pm to 6:00pm, MWPA staff will offer a tech help session on Zoom. Students are encouraged to attend the tech help session, which usually takes only 5-10 minutes, if they have any tech concerns, use Zoom infrequently, or simply would like to test their connection, and those who do not are responsible for ensuring that they are able to use Zoom on their own. The week of the workshop, students will be emailed a link that they may click to enter the test session and the class.
+ REQUIRED EQUIPMENT A reliable, fast internet connection (broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE), speakers & a microphone (built-in or USB plug-in), and a webcam (built-in or USB plug-in).
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Khalisa Rae is an award-winning multi-hyphenate poet, educator, and journalist based in Durham, NC. She is best known for her community activism and nonprofit management as the co-founder of Poet.she (Greensboro), the Invisibility Project, and Athenian Press- QPOC writer’s collective, resource center, and bookstore in Wilmington, NC. With a heart for uplifting and empowering girls of color, Khalisa has served as a outreach and program director for various nonprofits, as well as a teaching artist, and English Instructor on the college and middle grade level. Currently, Khalisa is a 4-time Best of the Net nominee, multi-Pushcart Prize nominee, and the author of the debut collection- Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat from Red Hen Press 2021. Her work appears in Electric Lit, Southern Humanities Review, Pinch, Tishman Review, Frontier Poetry, Rust & Moth, PANK, HOBART, among countless others. Currently, she serves as Asst. Editor of Glass Poetry, co-founder of Think in Ink and the WOC Speak reading series. You can find her teaching Fall/Winter 2021 at Catapult Classes and participating in the Winter Watering Hole Writing Residency. Her YA novel in verse, Unlearning Eden is forthcoming in 2022.
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED
All MWPA workshops require advanced registration. We accept registration by phone, mail, and online via our website. We cannot guarantee registration in the final 24-hours before a workshop, and can rarely accommodate day-of registration.
PAYMENT & CANCELLATION POLICIES
If you need to withdraw from a class after registering for any reason, please email or call the MWPA immediately. You may be eligible for a partial refund or credit, depending on how far in advance you cancel. → MORE INFORMATION
QUESTIONS
For any questions regarding this workshop, please contact Meghan Sterling at programs@mainewriters.org.
REGISTER BY PHONE
Call 207-228-8263 and register with your VISA or MasterCard.
REGISTER BY MAIL
If you prefer to pay by mail, please print this registration form (downloadable PDF) and mail it to the MWPA with a check or credit card information.
SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one full scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Email Meghan at programs@mainewriters.org to see if the scholarship is still available. Application Due on April 14th at 9:00 a.m.
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