Speculative Poetry: A Generative Workshop [Online]
Full Tuition: $320 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select.
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Instructor: Spratley | 5 Weeks | Mondays | March 4 - April 8 (no class 4/1) | 5:30 - 7:30 PM ET | ONLINE
Speculative poetry merges the concerns of contemporary speculative fiction with the deep attention to language and craft of poetry. How can poetry show us where climate change will take us—or point the way toward a livable future? What does it look like for a poem to reimagine time, space, or history? And how can we bring a speculative bent to our own work? As Tracy K. Smith writes in "My God, It’s Full of Stars," "Perhaps the great error is believing we’re alone." In this class, students will explore the work of poets engaging with speculative concerns in their own poetry, building a tradition of speculative poetry to draw on. We will read and discuss work by Tracy K. Smith, Akua Lezli Hope, Cathy Park Hong, and other contemporary writers working at the intersection of poetry and science/fiction. Over five weeks of study together, we will also work on writing our own speculative poetry, and will dedicate a portion of each class to generating new work, as well as to workshopping our poems with peers. Students can expect to write and workshop 4-5 poems by the end of the course. Poets interested in speculative concerns, speculative fiction writers interested in attention to poetic craft, and writers of any genre interested in exercising their creativity are welcome.
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Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
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