Description

How do we bring our whole selves to the page, especially when it feels dangerous to do so? In this two-session workshop, we will use works of art by revered artists like Frida Kahlo plus poems by Safia Elhillo, Chen Chen, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Tarfia Faizullah to generate new work through the lens of self-reflection. Participants will also use writing prompts to reflect deeply on who they are. What new truths will be discovered, or uncovered, about the self? How will you use these exercises to shape poems that are honest and vulnerable?

WORKSHOP DATES: Monday(s), February 3 & 10, 2025, 6:30-8:30pm CST, via Zoom

COST: Nonmember: $135; Member: $115; Student/Educator/Mil $80

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Ayokunle Falomo is Nigerian, American, and the award-winning author of Autobiomythography of (Alice James Books, 2024), AFRICANAMERICAN’T (FlowerSong Press, 2022), two self-published collections and African, American (New Delta Review, 2019; selected by Selah Saterstrom as the winner of New Delta Review’s 8th annual chapbook contest). A recipient of fellowships from Vermont Studio Center, MacDowell, and the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program, where he obtained his MFA in Creative Writing—Poetry.