Lorde, Rich, Cha, and Anzaldua: The feminist poets working in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s were not only writing in poetry but in theory and conceptual writing. What is the connection between poetry, theory, power, and hybrid forms?

Join us on Zoom on Saturday, April 3rd from 12:00 PM–2:30 PM ET for the first class of Feminism & Queer Politics in Poetry with Margaret Rhee! This workshop will run for 8 weeks until May 22nd. In this poetry workshop, we will engage in close readings and discussion of the essays, poetry, and hybrid writing of four feminist poets: Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and Glorda Anzaldua. With a collective exploration of each thinker and poet, the workshop will have a special emphasis on the connection of their respective work to Asian American feminism and queer politics and other allied identities, communities, and movements in our contemporary moment. Poets in the workshop will write poetry and short theoretical essays exploring the multiple facets of concept, idea, and political impulse. Inspired by each poet, the class will workshop their own individual writings with a focus on clarity, style, politics, argument, poetics, and feminist "translation" across genre and form.

This workshop is open to Asian American writers. This class is now full. Scholarship applications are still open through Thursday, March 18th. See the class page for more information.

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