So often we hide our scars, both physical and emotional. We fear punishment, rejection, judgment. Hiding feels safer. But without revealing ourselves, we remain at a distance, we miss out on connection, intimacy. We lose the possibility of being seen and loved wholly. In Natalie Diaz’s poem “The Beauty of a Busted Fruit,” she posits: What if our scars too are luminous?

The Beauty of a Busted Fruit with Aurora Masum-Javed will begin over Zoom on Thursday, March 11th from 6:00 PM–8:30 PM ET and will run until April 29th. In this 8-week, multi-genre workshop, we will read pieces by Ada Limon, Victoria Chang, Kimiko Hahn, Tarfia Faizullah, K-Ming Chang, and others. We will map our scars and investigate their stories. The first four weeks will be discussion-oriented and generative; the fifth, a revision deep-dive; the final three weeks, a workshop-esque space, culminating in a longer community share.

This workshop is open to all writers of color. This class is now full. You can join the waitlist on the class page.

To see all of our spring classes, visit kundiman.org/online-classes.