Upcoming Kundiman Events:
The Scent of the Last Thing You Saw with Noah Arhm Choi
NOvember 12th, 2022
Saturday, 2:00 PM–5:00 PM ET
Sometimes the scent of the last person you loved or left or lusted after comes up unbidden when you touch a shirt they left behind or bite into a casual scone on a Tuesday. Sometimes finding a way to describe an important person or event in your life can be just as elusive as trying to describe a smell beyond cinnamon, burnt, hunger. In this generative workshop and craft class, we will explore how creating unlikely families of sensory details can make tangible the ineffable or even make a destination out of a crossroad. We will dive into poems by Paul Tran, Nikky Finney, and Franny Choi, and explore the ways that the synesthetic image can create a net for that elusive poem you’ve been trying to write.
eligibility:
This craft class is open to all writers of color. The non-refundable tuition fee is $50. This craft class will be held over Zoom. There are scholarship spots available. The scholarship deadline is Friday, October 21st.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED.
FACULTY:
Photo credit: Savannah Lauren.
Noah Arhm Choi is the author of CUT TO BLOOM, the winner of the 2019 Write Bloody Prize. They received a MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and their work appears in Barrow Street, Blackbird, The Massachusetts Review, Pleiades, Split this Rock and others. Arhm was shortlisted for the Poetry International Prize and received the 2022 Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize, alongside fellowships from Kundiman, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. They work as the Director of the Progressive Teaching Institute and Associate Director of DEI at a school in New York City. For more information, visit noaharhmchoi.com.