In this workshop, we will examine the work of five poets working under the wide umbrella of Documentary Poetry. We’ll discuss their various approaches as they engage documents of governmental language, legalese, and/or personal ephemera such as family photographs, interviews and correspondence. Our goal is to peel back the clinical posturing of public language and drill down to the emotional impact; the weighty bearing on physical or mental freedom. This workshop will be driven, primarily, by conversation around these texts. Participants are asked to identify one document ahead of time that they’d like to personally engage/respond to, through poetry. This may include governmental or court documents, policy, a published article, a scientific text, a literary piece, family photographs, interviews, films, etcetera (Note: Interviews or films will require transcription before workshop).
Learning
Dis/Course
Workshop
Ritual, Magic, and the Ballad Tradition with KPrevallet

Master Class
Speaking Tongues: Master Class with Pamela Sneed

Reading Group
The Novel Feminist Reading Group

Master Class
Conference of the Words — Master Class with Fanny Howe

Workshop
Intimacy & Failure — 3-Session Intensive Workshop with Nuar Alsadir
Reading Group
We Are How We Live: Collectivity & Care In & Beyond the Household — Reading Group with Rebecca Teich
Dis/Course
Dis/Course 3: Space XXX: Space, Eros and Colonial Entanglements with Daisy Atterbury and Naima Yael Tokunow
Reading Group
I saved this for you. — Reading Group with Shiv Kotecha and Joseph Yearous Algozin

Master Class
Documentary Poetics: Holding Up the Mirror — Master Class with Layli Long Soldier
Dis/Course
Dis/Course 2: Architecture of the Interior: how to save the house with Angel Dominguez
Workshop
Funny Swirl — 5-Session Workshop with Morgan Bassichis
