Upcoming Kundiman Events:
the Poetry of Protest:
A virtual Workshop with Purvi Shah
May 30th, 1:00PM–3:00PM ET
(on Zoom!)
"Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba, ni cómo vestía."
(“and the fault wasn’t mine, not where I was, not how I dressed.”)
–– Rita Laura Segato and Las Tesis
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, join us for an online workshop with Purvi Shah exploring Poetry & Protest!
One genesis of poetry is protest. This workshop will examine poetic engagement with protest, particularly the connections of public engagement, craft, and lyrical activism on the page and shared aloud in the world. We will draw upon mentor poems to guide our discussion of the techniques poets use to develop a landscape of protest and action and we will practice using these techniques in our own writing via a series of prompts.
This workshop is open to all writers who self-identify as Asian American. Advance registration is required on a first-come, first-served basis. There are 20 spots available. This workshop is in collaboration with the Poetry Coalition, and will be offered for free, with gratitude to the Poetry Coalition, the Academy of American Poets, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Registration for this class is now closed.
Purvi Shah
Purvi Shah won the inaugural SONY South Asian Social Service Excellence Award for her community leadership fighting violence against women. Her prize-winning book, Terrain Tracks, plumbs migration and belonging, and has been taught in universities and featured on TV, radio, and websites. Her new poetry collection, Miracle Marks, explores women, the sacred, and gender & racial equity. She currently serves as a board member of The Poetry Project and has served as a reader for the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award, a judge and featured reader at the South Asian Youth Action! Youth Poetry Slam, and poetry editor for The Pacific American Journal. Her favorite art practices are her sparkly eyeshadow and raucous laughter. Discover more @PurviPoets or http://purvipoets.net/