Three-hour webinars offering intensive instruction on elements of poetic craft, ranging from prosody and other formal techniques to approaches to the writing process and revision. The craft labs will feature a mix of lecture, guided writing activities, and Q&A with the instructor. An integral part of our Mentorship Program curriculum, the labs are the only part of the curriculum open to the public.
Winter-Spring 2023
Apr 16
I’s and You’s (and Why’s): How Pronouns Function in Lyric Poems
Jay Desphande / online
Feb 19
Between Clarity and Wilderness: How to Tune Your Tension
Traci Brimhall / online
Fall 2022
Nov 20
Writing Through Grief
Edward Hirsch / online
Oct 16
Praising the Stone
Ada Limón / online
Sept 11
Sun Tunnels: On Temporality and the Borders of the Poem
Jay Deshpande / online
Summer 2022
July 31
Blues: The Story Always Unsold
Tyehimba Jess / online
June 26
The Poetic Experience as Catharsis
Hala Alyan / online
Winter-Spring 2022
May 22
What Is Found There: Surprise in the Lyric Poem
Jay Deshpande / online
April 10
Lavish Syntax
Rick Barot / online
March 6
Prosody and Its Decolonization
Jay Deshpande / online
Feb 6
“Pardon My Heart”: Celebrating Unapologetic Candor
Rosebud Ben-Oni / online
