The New American Sonnet

with Veronica Golos

Genres: Poetry

Online

Intermediate, Advanced

2 Sessions

Start Date: August 5, 2023
End Date: August 6, 2023
Day of Week: Saturday, Sunday
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT
Capacity: 0 seat
Member Price: $162.00
General Price: $180.00

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This generative workshop will examine how three American poets—Terrance Hayes, Tyehimba Jess, and Patricia Smith—changed and moved the sonnet in new directions. We will read, discuss, and compare their work to Shakespeare and Petrarch. We will also read other contemporary sonnets and spend time writing our own poems. A packet with selected readings will be sent to all participants.

Registration dates:

June 5: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)

June 6: Member registration opens

June 13: General registration opens

Veronica Golos

Veronica Golos

Veronica Golos is author of four poetry books: A Bell Buried Deep (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize); Vocabulary of Silence (New Mexico Poetry Prize); Rootwork and GIRL (Naji Naaman Honor Prize for Poetry.) Her work has been extensively translated into Arabic; also Persian and Italian. She lives in Taos, New Mexico.

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