Strathmore Virtual Creative Writing Workshop: Emotional Historians with Jon Sands
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Feb 17, 2022 7pm
Details
Creative writing is a tool for knowing yourself, understanding the world, and connecting with other people. Led by author Seema Reza and accomplished guest writers—including poets, memoirists, novelists, and storytellers—these community workshops follow the model developed by Community Building Art Works (CBAW) over the course of a decade of bringing people together in military and hospital settings. Each workshop is designed to help participants put their personal stories on paper in a supportive environment.
Whether you’re just starting out or have been writing for years, you are welcome; no experience is required. Bring a pen, a notebook, and an open mind!
Jon Sands is a winner of the 2018 National Poetry Series, selected for his second collection of poems, It’s Not Magic (Beacon Press, 2019). He is a co-host of The Poetry Gods podcast, and a curator for SupaDupaFresh, a monthly poetry series at Ode to Babel in Brooklyn. His work has been featured in The New York Times, as well as anthologized in The Best American Poetry. He has received residencies and fellowships from the Blue Mountain Center, the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, and the Jerome Foundation. He facilitates a weekly writing workshop for adults at Baily House, an HIV/AIDS service center in East Harlem, and also facilitates the digital workshop, Emotional Historians, which is open to the public. He tours extensively as a poet, but lives in Brooklyn. Learn more on Instagram @iAmJonSands. Photo Credit: Jonathan Weiskopf.
