A movement marked by the work of Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop (and several others), confessional poetry continues to foster taboo subject matter and shapes the way poetry is written years after the death of its progenitor’s. Throughout this generative workshop, participants will learn about the work of Sexton as well as contemporary poets such as Brenda Shaughnessy, Sharon Olds, Hala Alyan, and Leila Chatti and create poetry of this nature with these poems as models. We will discuss the use of ‘I’ in contemporary poetry and the ways in which poetry is still influenced by this movement.
This class takes place remotely online via Zoom. Register to receive the Zoom link.
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Caitie L. Young (they/she) is a poet and fiction writer from Kent, Ohio. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Minnesota Review, Scapegoat Review, Welter (Online), The Santa Fe Writers Project and others. They are a graduate teaching artist with the Wick Poetry Center. Caitie is studying creative writing the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts program (NEOMFA).
Olivia Farina (she/her) is an undergraduate student at Kent State University who is majoring in English and minoring in Creative Writing. She has been interning at the Wick Poetry Center for two years. Some of her work can be found in Luna Negra Magazine.
This class takes place remotely online via Zoom
Based in Cleveland, OH 44113
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