Since ancient times, poets have been writing poems addressed to a beloved, a friend, an enemy, a muse, and so on. These poems take the form of an epistle or an apostrophe, a direct address to a person who is absent. As writers of color, how can we use the epistolary and apostrophic mode to speak directly to our own cultural and personal histories? In our time together, we will discuss examples of the apostrophic and epistolary poems and explore how these techniques of direct address allow writers to reckon with the past and the self. Participants will also have an opportunity to write a poem of their own.

This class is a 1-day (3 hours long) craft class on Saturday, April 8th from 2:00 PM–5:00 PM ET. This craft class is open to all writers of color.

Check out the class page for more information. To see all of our upcoming classes, visit kundiman.org/online-classes.