Poetry
February 13-17, 2017
Open to All
Tiered Tuition
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About the Offering
This workshop serves both as a brief survey of queer American poetry as well as an intensive exploration into students’ own writing. We’ll seek to unpack what it is that makes a queer poem queer & further what makes a poem a poem. We’ll try to locate what role desire & identity play in the creation & presentation of a piece of writing. Students will experiment with inherited & invented form & seek to locate their own voices within the vast & viscous history of literature. Starting with Emily D. & Walt W., we’ll move up to the present moment–looking at the work of contemporary luminaries such as Cam Awkward-Rich, Eduardo Corral, & several others to try & glean what tools & tactics we can along the way. Ultimately participants will leave this workshop with a better sense of their own voice & a braver, stranger way of approaching the page. Students of all orientations & identities are encouraged to sign up.
Materials Needed
No specific materials needed for this offering.
About the Instructor/Moderator
sam sax is a 2015 NEA Fellow and finalist for The Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. He received a poetry fellowship fromThe Michener Center for Writers where he served as the Editor-in-chief of Bat City Review. He’s the two time Bay Area Grand Slam Champion & author of the chapbooks, A Guide to Undressing Your Monsters (Button Poetry, 2014) + sad boy / detective (Black Lawrence Press, 2015) + All The Rage (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2016). His poems are forthcoming in American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Ploughshares, Guernica, Poetry Magazine, + other journals. Most recently he was named the winner of the 2016 Iowa Review Prize.
Accessibility Information
Their work is regularly exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of over 60 museums. Over the past fifteen years, they have built a sustainable career as a visual artist and have extensive experience working with museums, galleries, universities and nonprofit organizations, publishers, and press outlets. In addition to their own creative work, they are passionate about sharing the professional knowledge they’ve acquired throughout their career with other artists.
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