Class

Poem-Letters & Essay-Letters: Writing Creative, Collaborative Correspondence

This workshop will explore the creative process and collaborative possibilities of poetic and lyrical personal letter-writing. Drawing inspiration from "Envelopes of Air," a poem-letter correspondence between Natalie Diaz and Ada Limón, we'll engage with generative, embodied, meditative writing prompts intended to draw forth meaningful experiences and insights from each writer's life and mind on to the page. During the workshop, we'll explore techniques for writing from our breathing, sensing bodies, attuned to the living world around us, and invite connection, tenderness, and compassion by writing and thinking in response to one another through collaborative, creative correspondence. Participants will have the opportunity to enjoy an epistolary exchange with a workshop peer during the session, and to craft a poem-letter or essay-letter to a recipient of their choosing.

This class takes place in-person, at the Loft at Open Book; we encourage participants to be fully vaccinated and masked in the interest of everyone’s safety. Please see the Loft’s website for the most up to date information about the Loft’s COVID policies.