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“The best poetry workshop I've participated in by far. The overall experience is profound and long-lasting.”
Virtual Bilingual Poetry Workshop | Hudson Valley Writers Center
4-week virtual poetry workshop for the Hudson Valley Writers Center starting Tuesday June 4th, 2024 (Tuesdays, 6.30-8.30 pm). This workshop hopes to leave space for work in between and across the two languages (Spanish-English). While conducted mostly in Spanish, participants need not be completely fluent to join. Readings will be bilingual, and I can assist with any difficult language.
We'll read poems by 4 Latin American poets: Elvira Hernández (tr. Alec Schumacher), Liliana Ponce (tr. Michael Martin Shea), Miyó Vestrini (tr. Anne Boyer & Cassandra Gillig), and Soleida Ríos (tr. Barbara Jamison & Olivia Lott). Most of the time will be devoted to workshopping the participants' own poems.
Poetry Workshop | Summer Writers’ Week | Manhattanville MFA
In-person poetry workshop at the Manhattanville MFA Summer Writers' Week, June 26–30.
There is housing available if you’re out of town.
More info & registration information here.
Poetry Workshop | Yorkville Library NYPL
In-person one-session poetry workshop at the Yorkville Library. Monday, April 24, 2023, 5-6.30 pm.
This is a creative writing workshop, open to all, beginners and those with writing experience. We will read poems by key figures in Latin American poetry and I will share prompts to inspire your own writing.
Free and open to the public.
Images In Between Images: writing poetry with photos as points of departure, arrival, or orbit | Manhattanville College Creative Writing MFA Program
In-person one-session workshop at the Manhattanville College Creative Writing MFA Program, as part of the Writers' Hub Series.
This workshop aims to build a shared space for discussing and writing poetry in conversation with photographs. We will consider the space of the page and what effects and affects are set in motion by bringing together image and text. We will look at excerpts from books by authors that work with text and image, like Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Don Mee Choi, Anne Carson, and Diana Khoi Nguyen. Participants bring their own photos to incorporate, and they will have the opportunity to share them in conjunction with the poems they generate from writing prompts.
Virtual Bilingual Poetry Workshop | Hudson Valley Writers Center
4-week virtual poetry workshop for the Hudson Valley Writers Center starting Tuesday January 24th, 2023 (Tuesdays, 6.30-8.30 pm). This workshop hopes to leave space for work in between and across the two languages (Spanish-English). While conducted mostly in Spanish, participants need not be completely fluent to join. Readings will be bilingual, and I can assist with any difficult language.
We'll read poems by 4 Latin American poets: Alejandra Pizarnik, Marosa di Giorgio, Adélia Prado, and Reina María Rodríguez, and participants will generate their own writing. Most of the time will be devoted to workshopping the participants' own poems.
Virtual Bilingual Poetry Workshop | Hudson Valley Writers Center
4-week virtual poetry workshop for the Hudson Valley Writers Center starting June 7th, 2022. (Tuesdays, 7-9 pm). This workshop hopes to leave space for work in between and across the two languages (Spanish-English). While conducted mostly in Spanish, participants need not be completely fluent to join. Readings will be bilingual, and I can assist with any difficult language.
We'll read poems by 4 Argentine poets: Irene Gruss, Mirta Rosenberg, Diana Bellessi, and Mercedes Roffé, and participants will generate their own writing.
In-Person Bilingual Poetry Workshop | Newburgh Free Library
2-week in-person free poetry workshop for the Newburgh Free Library starting April 26th, 2022. (6.15-7.45 pm). This workshop hopes to leave space for work in between and across the two languages (Spanish-English). While conducted mostly in Spanish, participants need not be completely fluent to join. Readings will be bilingual, and I can assist with any difficult language.
We'll read poems by key figures in Latin American twentieth century poetry like Susana Thénon and Rosario Castellanos, and participants will generate their own writing.
Images In Between Images: writing poetry with photos as points of departure, arrival, or orbit | The Flow Chart Foundation
2-session Virtual Workshop for The Flow Chart Foundation (Tuesday, November 16 & Tuesday, November 23, 6:30 – 8:30PM EST)
This workshop aims to build a shared space for discussing and writing poetry in conversation with photographs. We will consider the space of the page and what effects and affects are set in motion by bringing together image and text. Exploring paths and implications of moving from photo to poem or from poem to photo, we’ll observe the ways a text is transformed by the presence or absence of images. Participants bring their own photos to incorporate, and we will have the opportunity to share them in conjunction with the poems they generate.
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Virtual Bilingual Poetry Workshop | Hudson Valley Writers Center
4-week virtual poetry workshop for the Hudson Valley Writers Center starting June 1st, 2021. (Tuesdays, 7-9 pm). This workshop hopes to leave space for work in between and across the two languages (Spanish-English). While conducted mostly in Spanish, participants need not be completely fluent to join. Readings will be bilingual, and I can assist with any difficult language.
We'll read poems by key figures in Latin American twentieth century poetry: Susana Thénon, Marosa di Giorgio, Blanca Varela, Rosario Castellanos, and participants will generate their own writing.
Photo: Paloma Celis Carbajal
Poetry Workshop | New York Public Library
Over the course of this workshop we will read poems by key figures in Latin American twentieth century poetry: Susana Thénon, Amanda Berenguer, Blanca Varela, Rosario Castellanos. We will observe the formal elements of each poet’s work, and pay attention to which aspects resonate with the participants as they generate their own writing. The workshop aims to build a shared space that encourages the reading of poets not often included on course syllabi, exploring their trajectories from the tip of the pencil to the line on the page, to consider what sets our writing in motion, how our poems move from first to last line, what tools might help us keep our creative processes going. The workshop will culminate in a zine publication by NYPL featuring selections of participants’ work.