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upcoming classes
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past classes
Informals
November 5 - December 3, 2024
5-Week Workshop
A brand-new workshop for Brooklyn Poets that reimagines the texts we encounter in our day-to-day lives——to-do lists, advertisements, bills, work-speak, headlines, product reviews, demographic surveys, grant applications, etc.——as sites and shapes for poetry.
5-Week Workshop
A brand-new workshop for Brooklyn Poets that reimagines the texts we encounter in our day-to-day lives——to-do lists, advertisements, bills, work-speak, headlines, product reviews, demographic surveys, grant applications, etc.——as sites and shapes for poetry.
Beaut Camp
June 24 - August 30, 2024
10 Weeks / 50 Weekdays
A virtual summer program challenging you to write every single weekday.
10 Weeks / 50 Weekdays
A virtual summer program challenging you to write every single weekday.
hbd BOB KAUFMAN
April 18, 2024
1 Session
A birthday party for Bob Kaufman, the Beat poet and Beatitude editor who did not write or speak for ten years in a vow of silence protesting the Vietnam War. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
1 Session
A birthday party for Bob Kaufman, the Beat poet and Beatitude editor who did not write or speak for ten years in a vow of silence protesting the Vietnam War. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
poetry as PLAY
June 27 - August 1, 2024
6-Week Workshop
An abridged version of Poetry as Play——AKA Beauty School 101, the Summer Vacay 'shop——for Brooklyn Poets. This workshop takes the spirit of playfulness, experimentation, collaboration, and rascalia as our entry into poems.
6-Week Workshop
An abridged version of Poetry as Play——AKA Beauty School 101, the Summer Vacay 'shop——for Brooklyn Poets. This workshop takes the spirit of playfulness, experimentation, collaboration, and rascalia as our entry into poems.
poetry as magic: after spicer
April 7 - May 5, 2024
5-Week Workshop
A new class designed for Brooklyn Poets that celebrates Jack Spicer's legendary 1957 "Poetry as Magic" workshop and the age-old intersection of poetry and magic.
5-Week Workshop
A new class designed for Brooklyn Poets that celebrates Jack Spicer's legendary 1957 "Poetry as Magic" workshop and the age-old intersection of poetry and magic.
hbd alda merini
March 21, 2024
1 Session
A birthday party for the Italian poet and writer Alda Merini. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
1 Session
A birthday party for the Italian poet and writer Alda Merini. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
untranslation: After Spicer
March 11, 2024
1 Session
A workshop for Brooklyn Poets Yawp where we create English-to-English "translations" of poems by Jack Spicer, drawing on his approach to translation as a form of correspondence and friendship with the dead.
1 Session
A workshop for Brooklyn Poets Yawp where we create English-to-English "translations" of poems by Jack Spicer, drawing on his approach to translation as a form of correspondence and friendship with the dead.
be mine (not like that)
February 14, 2024
1 Session
A special Valentine's Day workshop for teen writers where we'll write passionate——albeit platonic——love poems for our friends. Free and virtual through Just Buffalo Literary Center.
1 Session
A special Valentine's Day workshop for teen writers where we'll write passionate——albeit platonic——love poems for our friends. Free and virtual through Just Buffalo Literary Center.
roses are roses are red
February 1-8, 2024
2-Week Workshop
A love poems intensive. This workshop is designed for poets who'd like to surprise their sweetheart with a love poem this Valentine's Day.
2-Week Workshop
A love poems intensive. This workshop is designed for poets who'd like to surprise their sweetheart with a love poem this Valentine's Day.
hbd jack spicer
January 30, 2024
1 Session
A birthday party for Jack Spicer. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
1 Session
A birthday party for Jack Spicer. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
hbd james tate
December 8, 2023
1 Session
A birthday party for James Tate. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
1 Session
A birthday party for James Tate. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
hbd joanne kyger
November 19, 2023
1 Session
A birthday party for Joanne Kyger. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
1 Session
A birthday party for Joanne Kyger. This series celebrates the lives and legacies of late poets on their birthdays.
the shape of sound
November 16, 2023
1 Session
My chapter on inventing forms (from The Poem Is a House I Build Then Live In) comes to Just Buffalo Literary Center for this free workshop for teen writers.
1 Session
My chapter on inventing forms (from The Poem Is a House I Build Then Live In) comes to Just Buffalo Literary Center for this free workshop for teen writers.
the poem is a house i build then live in
November 15 - December 6, 2023
4-Week Workshop
A crash course on poetic forms and the ways in which form sets expectations——and opens up new possibilities——for sound, shape, and meaning.
4-Week Workshop
A crash course on poetic forms and the ways in which form sets expectations——and opens up new possibilities——for sound, shape, and meaning.
real eyes revise
October 10 - November 7, 2023
5-Week Workshop
Real Eyes Revise returns for five weeks with Brooklyn Poets. This workshop frames revision as re-vision: as seeing your poems——and what they're capable of——again.
5-Week Workshop
Real Eyes Revise returns for five weeks with Brooklyn Poets. This workshop frames revision as re-vision: as seeing your poems——and what they're capable of——again.
the poem is a house i build then live in
August 1-22, 2023
4-Week Workshop
A crash course on poetic forms and the ways in which form sets expectations——and opens up new possibilities——for sound, shape, and meaning.
4-Week Workshop
A crash course on poetic forms and the ways in which form sets expectations——and opens up new possibilities——for sound, shape, and meaning.
real eyes revise
July 6-27, 2023
4-Week Workshop
This workshop frames revision as re-vision: as seeing your poems——and what they're capable of——again. Previously known as Wet Paint.
4-Week Workshop
This workshop frames revision as re-vision: as seeing your poems——and what they're capable of——again. Previously known as Wet Paint.
poetry as play
July 5 - August 23, 2023
8-Week Workshop
Beauty School 101. This workshop takes the spirit of playfulness, experimentation, collaboration, and rascalia as our entry into poems.
8-Week Workshop
Beauty School 101. This workshop takes the spirit of playfulness, experimentation, collaboration, and rascalia as our entry into poems.
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