24PearlStreet Upcoming Workshops and Events

Martha Collins
Beyond I Love You: Sentence & Line - LIVE
December 2 to December 6, 2024
Price: $575
LIVE via ZOOM: 4pm-6pm (Eastern Time) Through the reading of published poems and daily writing prompts, this workshop will explore syntactic strategies for getting beyond the predictable subject-verb-object sentence (“I love you”), and in the process explore ways in which syntax and prosody—sentence and line—work together to create complex poetic textures. You should leave the... more

Nathan McClain
To Click or Not to Click: on How to Close a Poem - LIVE
December 9 to December 13, 2024
Price: $575
LIVE via Zoom: 3-5pm (Eastern Time) What does it mean for a poem to have “earned” its ending? And how do we craft poems that are both memorable and reward re-reading? In this workshop, we will address these questions, as well as discuss poetic structure, counterpoise, and identify strategies for crafting surprising, yet seemingly inevitable,... more

Emily Nemens
Revising Yourself & Others - LIVE
December 9 to December 13, 2024
Price: $575
LIVE via ZOOM: 6:30pm-8:30pm (Eastern Time) We’ll look at strategies for revising prose beyond the workshop, managing different kinds of self-editing with an eye toward readying pieces for submission and eventual publication. Please bring a story or essay that’s been revised but still feels “unfinished” to practice new approaches. The seminar will also cover submission... more