24PearlStreet Workshops and Events
LIVE via Zoom: 7pm-9pm (Eastern)
Creative lulls can be frustrating, but they are also opportunities for reinvention. This course is designed for writers emerging from periods of silence—whether caused by creative burnout, personal challenges, or a busy life. Through reflective exercises, students will explore writing prompts to reconnect them with their creative core. Writers will learn strategies to rebuild their confidence, rediscover their unique voices, and produce new work that feels fresh and authentic. A blend of generative exercises and personal reflection will guide you back to the page with renewed purpose.
Biography
Ruben Quesada
’s latest poetry collection, Brutal Companion, winner of the Barrow Street Press Editors Prize, was published in October 2024. He edited the anthology Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry, which won an Independent Publisher Book Award in 2023. Quesada’s work appears in The Believer, American Poetry Review, the Best American Poetry series, Harvard Review, and The New York Times Magazine. Quesada has received fellowships from the Jentel Foundation and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He lives in Chicago.
