For BIPOC | Deep Empathy: The Persona Poem
How do we reach into the soul of another and find ourselves? The persona poem offers us a chance to experience empathy in new and meaningful ways while recreating our own stories. In this course, we will practice writing persona poems and read work from Ai, Patricia Smith, Natasha Trethewey, and others.
Note: This class is intended as a space specifically for students that identify as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color. We ask that students that do not identify as such kindly respect this intention and refrain from registering.
Registration dates:
August 15: Registration for free classes opens at 10:30 am
Marguerite Harrold
Marguerite Harrold has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago. She is a member of the Community of Writers and an alum of the Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writer’s Conference. She is the assistant editor of American Life in Poetry.
