Description
In this workshop we will consider work by poets who foreground a conscious attunement to land and place. Brief writing exercises will ask you to explore your mind as an embodied poetic voice rooted to its particular spatial place and identity. We will examine the possibility of the poem as a space for conversation between the desire for transcendence and the need for responsibility.
This session will be closed-captioned. Closed captioning provided by Zoom auto transcription.
This session is now complete. The recording will be available to view on the FOLD YouTube channel until July 31, 2023.
Webinar Host
Liz Howard’s debut collection Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent won the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. Her second collection, Letters in a Bruised Cosmos, was shortlisted for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize and the Trillium Poetry Prize. She is of mixed settler and Anishinaabe heritage. Born and raised on Treaty 9 territory in Northern Ontario, she currently lives in Toronto.
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Navigating a Writing Project with Mari Mendoza
Navigating a Writing Project with Mari Mendoza
Writing can feel like moving through a dark forest without a path. Has anyone done this before? When do I know if it’s done? Why is this taking so long? Sometimes, that disorientation can be helpful and generative. To make something that has never been made before, we need to get lost, forget what we know, and encounter ourselves in new ways. But also — we don’t have to spend the whole trip like that. The creative process moves though some fairly predictable phases, and once we know what they are, we can be more intentional about how we’re making progress, and getting the rest and support we need.
In this interactive talk, we’ll explore those phases, all the way from before draft zero, to sharing our work with the world (which doesn’t need to involve publishing unless we want to.) It will allow writers to locate themselves, own their pace, and remember that they’re not alone. We’re supposed to ask for support and get it. We’ll identify where we thrive, and where we need use a little help to keep things moving. This workshop is for anyone who craves more clarity and less chaos on the big journey of any writing project.
This workshop is presented in partnership with Firefly Creative Writing.
A recording of this workshop will be made available on YouTube a week after the event. Please register for the workshop to receive an email with the YouTube link once it becomes available. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications or follow us on Instagram for the latest updates.
This session will be closed-captioned. Closed captioning provided by Zoom auto transcription.
This session will be followed by a Q&A.