Specialized workshops intended to push students beyond their usual compositional practice. Greater emphasis on working with contemporary methods and materials and drawing upon alternative modes of poetic production. Assignments and exercises sometimes take students outside the classroom to engage with the city in creative ways. Prior experience writing or reading poems is recommended, but not required. Ideal for students with some grounding in the conventions of poetic form looking to explore new avenues for writing.
Fall 2019
September 22–October 20
The Language of Desire
Cynthia Cruz / Greenpoint
September 22–October 20
Ecstasy in Poetry
Emily Hunt / Greenpoint
September 22–October 20
Funny, Ha Ha: Humor in Poetry
Laura Eve Engel / Sunset Park
October 27–November 24
Girders and Cables: What Holds a Poem Together
Patricia Spears Jones / Bed-Stuy
November 3–December 1
The Poetic Sequence
Grace Shuyi Liew / Prospect Heights
November 3–December 1
Active Listening
Emily Hunt / Greenpoint
