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Upcoming Events

Book Launch: Isabella DeSendi 9.12.25 thumbnail

Book Launch: Isabella DeSendi 9.12.25

Craft Lab w/ Jay Deshpande: 9.14.25 thumbnail

Craft Lab w/ Jay Deshpande: 9.14.25

Friday Night Open: 9.26.25 thumbnail

Friday Night Open: 9.26.25

Brooklyn Poets Reading Series 10.3.25 thumbnail

Brooklyn Poets Reading Series 10.3.25

Upcoming Workshops

For The Record: Poetry As Documentation thumbnail

For The Record: Poetry As Documentation

Righteous Rage Poetics thumbnail

Righteous Rage Poetics

The Postcolonial Poem thumbnail

The Postcolonial Poem

Everyday Exaltation: Odes for the 21st Century thumbnail

Everyday Exaltation: Odes for the 21st Century

Submitting Poetry for Publication 101 thumbnail

Submitting Poetry for Publication 101

Voice, Vernacular and the Indispensable Self thumbnail

Voice, Vernacular and the Indispensable Self

The Poets Mixed Tape thumbnail

The Poets Mixed Tape

Addressed to You: The Other Side of the I thumbnail

Addressed to You: The Other Side of the I

Oct – Nov Workshops

Writing the Poems You Need to Write thumbnail

Writing the Poems You Need to Write

As Tears Go By: Poetry, Film & Melodrama thumbnail

As Tears Go By: Poetry, Film & Melodrama

Finding and Honing Your Poetic Voice thumbnail

Finding and Honing Your Poetic Voice

Foundations of Free Verse thumbnail

Foundations of Free Verse

A Poetics of Humility: Writing Worm-Level Poems thumbnail

A Poetics of Humility: Writing Worm-Level Poems

Poetic Time: Narrative & Lyric Modes thumbnail

Poetic Time: Narrative & Lyric Modes

The Sonnet Is Trans thumbnail

The Sonnet Is Trans

Unquiet Minds: Writing Mental Illness, Madness and Neurodivergency thumbnail

Unquiet Minds: Writing Mental Illness, Madness and Neurodivergency

The Seven Gates to Awe: Writing Luminous Curiosity thumbnail

The Seven Gates to Awe: Writing Luminous Curiosity

The Imitation Game thumbnail

The Imitation Game

Hinges, Doorways, Portals: How to Transport Your Poems to Unexpected Places thumbnail

Hinges, Doorways, Portals: How to Transport Your Poems to Unexpected Places

Resurrecting the Dead: A Poet's Toolbox thumbnail

Resurrecting the Dead: A Poet's Toolbox

Put Down that Gun, You Need a Sandwich: Poetry as Prayer thumbnail

Put Down that Gun, You Need a Sandwich: Poetry as Prayer