Teen Writing Program Generative Workshop: Repetition, Reticence, and Obsession with Raena Shirali

TWP will continue it's partnership with the BreakBread Literacy Project. These workshops will be held via Zoom. Workshops are free, but registration is required. TWP is open to students age 13-19, in grades 7-12. There is a fantastic line up of individuals that will help facilitate the meetings, encourage and help guide all young writers in accomplishing their writing goals.

Saturday, May 1, 2021
Time: 3:00-4:30 PM

Repetition, Reticence, and Obsession w/ Raena Shirali
 
Every artist has one: a muse, an obsession, an intimate "you" we cannot not address, a life event we cannot escape. But how, as writers, do we balance indulging our obsessions and practicing restraint? In this generative workshop, we will first listen to poems that engage with repetition, then write within the psychic space they cultivate-a space unique to each individual writer.

*** Raena Shirali bio

Raena Shirali is the author of GILT (YesYes Books, 2017), which won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. Winner of a Pushcart Prize and a former Philip Roth Resident at Bucknell University, Shirali is also the recipient of prizes and honors from VIDA, Gulf Coast, Boston Review, and Cosmonauts Avenue. Her poems and reviews have appeared widely in American Poetry Review, Academy of American Poets' Poem-A Day, The Nation, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Shirali lives in Philadelphia, where she is an Assistant Professor of English at Holy Family University and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Muzzle Magazine.

***Name Pronunciation guide:
Raena = Rain'- uh
Shirali = Shure'-All-Eee
(emphasis on first syllable of both names :)

***Event Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdO-uqjsiEtHchwO-Rq8iLdR6pogtCkaZ

All TWP workshops are on Saturday's. TWP will run through the end of May. Patrons may register by contacting Jamie Lyn Smith-Fletcher [email protected]. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have questions, contact Jamie Lyn.

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Category: Community | Libraries Time: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm