Check out the lineup for Black Lawrence Press virtual events!
Craft Workshop
Instructor: Anne Elliott
Date: June 9
Time: 8:00 – 9:30 PM Eastern, Virtual
Fee: Free
The sentence is an infinitely elastic instrument containing thousands of microdecisions. So which decisions make your sentences become your sentences? This session will examine virtuosic sentences—from Herman Melville to Toni Morrison—exploring what these sentences might have been in the hands of another writer, exposing what makes them unique. This workshop will look at syntax, diction, and sonic elements, as well as attitude and subtext. Interactive lecture followed by group and/or individual exercises and sharing/feedback. No advance reading required.
Key takeaways: practice slowing down while reading and writing, a sentence level revision methodology, and a very challenging (but beneficial!) homework assignment.
How Musical is Poetry
Craft Workshop
Instructor: Antonis Bargilly
Date: 8/11/2026
Drama without Dragons: Writing Lightly Plotted Fiction
Craft Workshop
Instructor: Kevin Fenton
Date: 9/8/2026
Hello My Name Is: Tension and Tenderness of Naming in Poetry
Generative Workshop
Instructor: Livia Meneghin
Date: 9/13/2026
What are You So Afraid Of?: The Poetics of Turning Inward Fear
Generative Workshop
Instructor: Kyla-Yen Giffin
Date: 10/4/2026
Form-enomenon: Celebrating Queer Subversions of Poetic Forms
Craft Workshop
Instructor: Anne Marie Wells
Date: 10/13/2026
Less Is More: Structuring a Short Story
Craft Workshop
Instructor: Piper White
Date: 11/9/2026
Found Poetry
Generative Workshop
Instructor: Christine Huang
Date: 12/6/2026
Courage and Questions: Writing into the Unknown
Craft Workshop
Instructor: Allison Macy-Steines
Date: 12/8/2026