I’m pleased to announce the International Women’s Writing Guild‘s fall programming for Poetry Palooza! I recently hosted the free kick-off panel with a stellar lineup of with a stellar lineup of poets, writers, and educators to talk self-care for creatives. If you missed it, it’s not too late to watch the video, hear what we’re up to, and register for workshops, free Friday free-writes and open mics. Plus, a poetry contest in collaboration with Kelsay Books.
Next workshop starting next week on October 12 with award-winning poet Khalisa Rae!
Click here to watch the free Poetry Palooza Kickoff Event!
The Guild’s Poetry Palooza is a multiple-month program where you can hone your craft, learn about self-care in writing life, social justice writing, and arm yourself with insider knowledge on the publishing industry. Whether you’re brand new to poetry or a best-selling professional, there is lots to learn with our panel kick-off event and workshops, scheduled alongside free writes and open mics so you can attend them all.
Click here to register for the other Poetry Palooza series/events!
Below is the info on the next workshop with award-winning poet Khalisa Rae!
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“Sound, Setting, and Syntax: Recipe For a Southern Writing Revival”: making your writing as savory and flavorful as Southern gumbo October 12 & October 19, 2022 |
Jambalaya and Gumbo are essentially mixtures of lots of flavors that compliment each other to make the tastiest meal– much like the craft od writing. In this workshop, we’ll use the Southern writing tradition as an example of how all the best ingredients should work together. Ever had a meal that made you feel like you’d had a spiritual experience? That hit you on a physical and soul level? Well that’s what writing should do. Ignite our senses! In this workshop, Khalisa will guide the class on what we need to make your writing sound, look, and feel like a revival and a soul meal. To stir the spirit, shake the soul, and awaken something that had been dormant. The recipe: sound, setting, and syntax that reads like scripture. This workshop will cover Southern sounds, the importance of setting, and language/jargon/syntax will look at the Southern writers Paul Lawrence Dunbar, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and other writers. |
Khalisa Rae is an award-winning poet, educator, and journalist in Durham, NC. She is the author of the debut poetry collection, Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat (Red Hen Press 2021), and Contributing Writer for Kindred. Her essays are featured in Autostraddle, Catapult, LitHub, as well as articles in Jezebel, Blavity, Bitch Media, NBC-BLK, and others. Her poetry appears in Southern Humanities Review, Gravy, Frontier Poetry, Florida Review, Rust & Moth, PANK, HOBART, among countless others. She is the winner of the Appy Award, Vulgar Genius, Bright Wings Poetry contest, the Furious Flower Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize, among other prizes. As a former Winter Tangerine, Frost Place and Watering Hole fellow, she is currently the EIC of Think in Ink BIPOC collective. Her YA novel in verse, Unlearning Eden, is forthcoming.
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