Online, 4 sessions / $395
Members take 10% off
Application required
Applications open September 9.
Apply to join a small cohort of students in an advanced poetry workshop with acclaimed poet Kazim Ali. Accepted students will workshop their poetry, receiving feedback and offering critique in a small group setting. Most successful applicants will have some prior experience studying poetry and will have published one or more poems in an online or print literary journal. Accepted students should plan to workshop works in progress, with the option to workshop the poetry they've applied with.
How to Apply
Manuscripts of poetry, five pages in length, will be accepted via Submittable. If sending multiple poems, each new poem should begin on a new page. Applications will include a short biographical statement. Applicants will receive a decision by October 31. Accepted students will be asked to enroll promptly or decline their offer so that a spot can be opened for a waitlisted student.
Scholarships
Two full scholarships will be awarded. To be considered for a scholarship, check the appropriate box in Submittable and include a short Statement of Need in your application. Students seeking aid will not be considered for unfunded spots, and scholarship decisions cannot be appealed.
Class modality: Online synchronous (real-time attendance required)
Class size: 8 to 12 students
Required textbooks: No
Recorded: Yes
In-class & prompted writing: No
Workshopping & feedback: Yes
Kazim Ali is the author of Sukun: New and Selected Poems, which Publishers Weekly called “dazzling.” His other books of poetry include The Voice of Sheila Chandra; Sky Ward, winner of the Ohioana Book Award in Poetry; The Far Mosque, winner of Alice James Books’ New England/New York Award; and the cross-genre texts Bright Felon and Wind Instrument. He is also an accomplished translator, an editor of several anthologies and books of criticism, and cofounder and former publisher of Nightboat Books. He is a Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.
