Exploring Intimacy and Distance through Epistolary Poems with Lisa Low
Sat, Dec 05
|Virtual on Zoom
What can a poem hold when it speaks directly to someone, something, or a former self? In this workshop, participants will explore epistolary poems as a way to write through intimacy, distance, memory, and contradiction, and leave with fresh drafts and new ways of thinking about what poems can do.
Time & Location
Dec 05, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Virtual on Zoom
About the Event
In this workshop, we'll read and write epistolary poems, which are a lesson in opposites: public/private, individual/collective; they also create closeness and intimacy yet cross great distances: geographical, chronological, emotional, and more.
This tension is one of the gifts of poetry, its ability to allow conflicting ideas to coexist, especially when subject matter is vulnerable or difficult.
The epistolary poem helps us document experience, preserve memory, and illuminate the cultural and historical forces that shape our lives.
In this workshop, we’ll explore the opposing forces of the epistolary poem, write our own epistolary poems, and expand our ideas of what poems can do.
LISA LOW is the author of Replica (University of Wisconsin Press, 2026) and the chapbook Crown for the Girl Inside (YesYes Books, 2023).
Tickets
Exploring Intimacy & Distance
Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87039498460?pwd=rNMiRFb45CetJ0iWaHfHbEiaZVVMEN.1 Meeting ID: 870 3949 8460 Passcode: 043591
$40.00
+$1.00 ticket service fee
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