“Disability poetics is also a poetry of detection and discovery.” — Sheila Black

Queer feminist disability theorist Alison Kafer described the beauty and liberatory potential of crip time: “Rather than bend disabled bodies and minds to meet the clock, crip time bends the clock to meet disabled bodies and minds.” In this 90-minute generative writing workshop, we will read poems by Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Aurielle Marie, and Camisha L. Jones, applying Sheila Black’s understanding of disability poetics to crip time. We hope to build a thoughtful, intentional space that centers Disabled experiences and inspires Disabled writers to create work that bends language to meet Disabled poetics.

This class is part of the 2022 Poetry Coalition. This workshop was made possible by the Poetry Coalition, March Programming, The Academy of American Poets, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This event will include an ASL interpretation by Pro Bono ASL and also live captioning by Sign Nexus.

Eligibility: This workshop has a limited capacity of 30 participants and is open to all writers of color, with priority for Disabled, mad, crip, sick, and/or ill folks. No prior writing experience is required. This class is free of charge. This workshop is now full. You can join the waitlist here.