The Poetry of Resistance w Craig Brandis | April 2 – May 7 | Zoom

What does it mean to write poetry as an act of resistance?  This workshop starts from a simple conviction: writing poems is a moral act. When we write them fearlessly it becomes a public act, one that we do on behalf of others. Doing so means moving beyond the self, finding new truths that liberate and sharing them with the world. We’ll learn by pairing poets who paid a price for telling the truth—Akhmatova, Celan, Lorca, with poets like Lorine Neidecke, Janet Lewis and William Stafford who bore quiet, difficult and effective witness by simply not looking away. They show us that resistance can occur not only when speech is punished, but when language refuses to lie, dramatize, soothe or absolve. Then we will apply those lessons to our own work. Build and share your work in a supportive environment that celebrates risk, clarity and discovery. Come join us via Zoom!

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