Physical space can be an important, sometimes defining, aspect of a poet’s work. Participants will explore how a sharp, specific focus on geography…
RE-VISION: Seeing Again with
Don’t kill your literary darlings. Resurrect and revise them. Get tickets here.
Collision, Collusion, and Craft with Denise Duhamel & Maureen Seaton
About this Event The Wild Third Voice: Collision, Collusion, and Craft in Poetic Collaboration Join poets Denise Duhamel and Maureen Seaton, long-time collaborators, for a craft talk and (possibly, hopefully) the chance (you get to choose) to participate in a linked collaborative poem which will 1. celebrate the day, 2.…
Expansion and Distillation: A Generative Writing Workshop with Andrea Cohen
About this Event Description: We’ll look at ways to simplify and add complexity to poems, leaving a door open for mystery and surprise. We’ll discuss a narrative poem and a lyric one, and do a short in-class exercise. Get tickets here. About Andre Cohen: Andrea Cohen’s poems and stories have appeared in…
Ekphrasis: Writing What You See Workshop led by Caridad Moro-Gronlier
Generate new ekphrastic poems in this LGBTQ-friendly creative writing workshop.
Inviting the Subconscious: Generative Workshop Led by Julie E. Bloemeke
Enter the subconscious and activate your creativity with author Julie E. Bloemeke. Get Tickets. About this Event Workshop Description: Compelled by the connection between the subconscious and the poem draft? Looking to tap into image and dream as a means of generating new material? Curious by what a past self might…
Reading Queer Presents “Crisis, Creation & COVID: Re-Writing Queer Futures” with Lutze Segu
Join Reading Queer & Lutze Segu for a Zoom-based creative writing workshop that re-imagines queer futures through the lens of crisis, social justice, and resilience.
Reading Queer Presents “Anything Else Under Heaven: A Writing Workshop” with poet Mia S. Willis
RSVP HERE Description: Poetry frequently offers glimpses of Black and queer joy in times of societal turmoil and uncertainty. As Black creators become increasingly essential to local and national movements for change, participants in this workshop will encounter the bop poetry form created by Afaa Michael Weaver at the Cave Canem…
FREE EVENT: CAPTURING FIRE, Saturday June 20th, 2020
Jumpstart your writing with queer spoken word artist Regie Cabico.
COVID-19 UPDATE: RQ SUSPENDS ALL COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGH APRIL 30TH
Reading Queer is closely monitoring the news around COVID-19 and will suspend all community events through April 30th.