24PearlStreet Workshops
LIVE via Zoom: 2pm-4pm (Eastern)
Making room for beauty and randomness may seem like an indulgence in our writing. But attending to our astonishments—the tiny miracles and everyday wonders—is the most important work a poet can do. In this weeklong workshop, we’ll explore opportunities to reach for joy in our work by employing language not often found in poetry, reflecting on the difficulty and significance of documenting moments of change, and discussing strategies for honing and revising new and old drafts. During the week, we will look at poems by Lucille Clifton, Ross Gay, Ada Limon, Diane Seuss, Terrance Hayes, Natasha Trethewey, Ocean Vuong, and more. This is a generative poetry workshop that will also touch upon revision and the publication process.
Biography
January Gill O'Neil
is an associate professor at Salem State University, and the author of Glitter Road (forthcoming, 2024) Rewilding (2018), Misery Islands (2014), and Underlife (2009), all published by CavanKerry Press. From 2012-2018, she was the executive director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. The recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Cave Canem, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, O'Neil was the 2019-2020 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. She currently serves as the 2022-2023 board chair of the Association of Writers and Writers Programs (AWP).
