Workshops
Description:
The Master’ House:
In this generative poetry workshop, we'll read and discuss several poems by Iranian-American poet Solmaz Sharif from her books Look and Customs. A master of the "political poem," Sharif writes about living within empire with a keen-eyed clarity. We'll discuss how she achieves this and more, with guided prompts for writing our own work.
Logistics:
When? October 27th, 2:00 PM EST
Where? Virtual via Google Meet, everyone who signs up will be emailed a meeting code/link the day before the workshop
Cost? None
Who? Anyone inside or outside of the MENA/SWANA community, aka EVERYONE
Occupancy? 100 people max
Instructor:
Jaz Sufi (she/hers) is a queer Iranian-American poet and arts educator. Her work has been published or is upcoming in Best New Poets, Best of the Net, AGNI, Black Warrior Review, Muzzle, and elsewhere. She is a National Poetry Slam finalist and has received fellowships from Kundiman, the Watering Hole, and New York University, where she received her MFA. She lives between the Bay Area and Brooklyn with her dog, Apollo.