Check out the lineup for Black Lawrence Press virtual events!
Black Lawrence Press AAPI Reading – FREE EVENT
Date: June 25
Time: 8 pm Eastern
Join us for a multi-genre reading from a few of Black Lawrence’s AAPI authors! This will be an evening full of great writing and great conversation. We’ll begin with readings from authors Sasha Hom, K-Ming Chang, Leslie Li, Christine Kwon, Yume Kim, and Raena Shirali, followed by a panel-style Q&A in the second half of the event.
Dates: August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, and September 6
Time: 5-7 pm Eastern, Virtual
Tuition: $295
When revising your work, do you ever wonder if you are actually improving the poem, or simply moving things around to create something new? How do you know when to trust the advice that your community of readers offer? In this six-week workshop, we will explore a practical and replicable strategy for strengthening your poems – one rooted in identifying and understanding the “why” of the process, not just the “how”. Through close readings of contemporary texts, open discussions, and generative prompts, we will cover how to find the “wisdom” of your poem (and what that means), as well as the elements that are in-service to that “wisdom”—including well-crafted images, compression and diction, framing the lens, and shaping the poem on the page. Please bring a packet of your poems (5-10) that could benefit from revision and be prepared to write. By the end of the course, you will have expanded your understanding of how to make choices to clarify your poems and think critically about your own work.