In this workshop, participants will learn more about Arabic poetry compared to western poetry, and how writing poems is viewed in both cultures. We will use comparative works to illustrate and illuminate the fundamental basic differences between Arabic and English poetry. Recommendations for Arabic poets, and the possibilities of ‘translation’ and translating poetry between the...

| Virtual Event | What would you wish for if money was no object? What would your world look like if money was no object? Whether you write in poetry, prose, or not at all, we invite you to this workshop. Using prompts for inspiration, we will blend fiction with non fiction as we bend...

| Virtual Event | Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) writers. Join playwrights and screenwriters Carlyle Brown and David Grant in a conversation about how they see Black artists in theater and film doing powerful and necessary work that responds to our current socio-political moment –...

It is no secret that the historic and continuing violence on Black bodies has left many feeling hopelessness, fatigue, fear, and uncertainty. After eight years of engaging Minnesota BIPOC writers and arts activists in public conversations to explore issues their work addresses through readings, panels, open conversations, and community-based writing workshops to explore issues of...

In this two-day workshop, experiment with sound, writing and movement to get in touch with the feelings and sensations that arise within our bodies when we listen to and connect with other people and their stories. Individual and shared exercises will be inspired by text from “Solito” by Javier Zamora. This program is funded by...