Poetry Workshop: Memory, Moments, and the Present
Online | Mar. 4 to Apr. 1 | Ages 18+
This poetry workshop will focus on writing about moments that matter—and on the dance between memory and the present. How can poetic techniques help us preserve memories and consider them freshly? What happens when the moment of writing meets the moment of memory? How can close attention to the present connect us to earlier experiences and insights? We’ll take inspiration from a wide range of sources, in response to participants’ interests, such as Ross Gay, Mahmoud Darwish, W.S. Merwin, Denise Levertov, Harryette Mullen, Kazim Ali, and many others. This workshop warmly welcomes writers from all backgrounds and with all interests, from those interested in writing new poems to those who’d like to revisit older work, from dedicated poets to those who’d like to explore how poetry can help us in other genres and in our lives at large. Flexible. (ages 18+)
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Zach Savich is the author of six books of poetry, including Daybed (2018), and two books of nonfiction. His work has received the Iowa Poetry Prize, the Colorado Prize for Poetry, the Cleveland State University Poetry Center's Open Award, and New American Poet recognition from the Poetry Society of America. It has appeared widely in journals and anthologies including American Poetry Review, Best New Poets, Boston Review, and Kenyon Review. Savich is the Chair of Liberal Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Art and program faculty with the University of the Arts' PhD in Creativity.
