Exploring the Surreal and the Strange in Prose Poetry

with Jose Hernandez Diaz

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Online

Open to all levels

4 Sessions

Start Date: February 23, 2023
End Date: March 23, 2023
Day of Week: Thursday
Time: 1:10 pm - 3:10 pm PT
Capacity: 15 seats
5 seats left!
Member Price: $216.00
General Price: $240.00

In this workshop, writers will be exposed to surreal and strange prose poems by established masters. We will take a look at writers such as James Tate, Marosa di Giorgio, Sabrina Orah Mark, Ray Gonzalez, and more. Once we have exposure to some of the great surreal prose poets of our age, the instructor will share his own unique prompts and sample prose poems written to the same prompts, so students can gain insight into the improvisation and editing process.

Registration dates:

December 5: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)

December 6: Member registration opens

December 13: General registration opens

Jose Hernandez Diaz

Jose Hernandez Diaz

He/ Him/ His

Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press, 2020). His work appears in Poetry, The Southern Review, The Yale Review, and in The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Go to josehernandezdiaz.com for more information or follow Jose @josehernandezdz.

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