Poetry in the Elements: Eco-Poetry through Earth, Air, Water, & Fire

with Emily Wolahan

Genres: Poetry

Online

Open to all levels

6 Sessions

Start Date: April 17, 2023
End Date: May 22, 2023
Day of Week: Monday
Time: 7:10pm - 9:10pm PT
Capacity: 15 seats
Member Price: $274.50
General Price: $305.00

Earth, air, fire, and water can form a foundation for writing poetry addressing climate change and climate crisis. In each session, we will engage with an element through focused class discussion, time to write a draft of a poem, and sharing those drafts with each other. Writers including Kimmerer, Roberson, Gander, and Perez, plus media from activist artists, will guide us as we write poems of response, compassion, and connection to history, both personal and public.

Registration dates:

March 13: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)

March 14: Member registration opens

March 21: General registration opens

Emily Wolahan

Emily Wolahan

she/her

Emily Wolahan (she/her) is the author of the poetry collection Hinge (NPRP 2015). Her poems have appeared in Puerto del Sol, Sixth Finch, Georgia Review, and Oversound, among other places. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Social Change (CIIS). She has been an editor at Two Lines Press and Jerry Magazine and is currently a Poetry Editor at Tinderbox Poetry Journal. www.emilywolahan.com

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