Description

THE WORKSHOP

WORLDS BETWEEN WORLDS

This course is for poets who see language as a tool for disruption, transformation, and revolution. During our time together, we will explore the blurred boundaries between the surreal and the speculative, where radical imagination shapes reality and myths become blueprints for the future. We will engage in creative writing exercises that challenge linear thought, drawing from Afro-surrealism and Afro-futurism to craft poems and stories that exist in the liminal space between memory, fantasy, and possibility. By studying visionary writers and experimenting with genre-bending techniques and world building, we will tap into the deep well of speculative writing to unveil the absurd truths of our present and conjure liberated futures.

WHEN & WHERE

Saturday & Sunday April 26 & 27 :  10 AM-12 PM PST / 11 AM-1 PM MST / 12-2 PM CST / 1-3 PM EST

The workshop will take place virtually via Zoom. Upon registration, you will be sent the link closer to the event.

REGISTRATION

To bring poetry to the people, we are offering our workshops on a donation basis.

To support our Tiny Resident, we recommend a $25-50 sliding donation.

That said, please feel welcome to pay any amount that you can!

All funds will be used to support Tiny Spoon’s Tiny Residency Program.

MEET YOUR WORKSHOP LEAD

Lyn Patterson  is a storyteller and visual artist who lives in Oakland, CA. She is a deeply invigorated poet, specifically inspired to write about Black diaspora and those who have been systematically marginalized in society as a means of empowering future generations with their stories. For Patterson, storytelling is a sacred ancestral endeavor which can be used as a tool for paying homage and building future communities. Patterson often uses visual mediums to encapsulate her words and elevate the ways in which texts exist in conversation with one another. Her work has been published in Popshot Magazine, the Berkeley Poetry Review and has been featured on KQED.