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  • Seminar
  • Online: Zoom
  • Adult (18+)

Crossing Over: A Poetry Workshop

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  • $0.00 Non-Member
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Class Description

Join us for this collaboration between GrubStreet and Mass Poetry for a discussion of this year’s Common Threads poems, seven poems by Massachusetts writers that cross “‘Thresholds'—from past to present, self to other, real to imagined.” We’ll collect resonant phrases from the poems as we read them and hear them in the poets' own voices via videoclips. The phrases we select will deepen our insight into the poets’ craft and become the basis for writing poems of our own that we will share in class. This event is free - register today!
Produced by Mass Poetry, Common Threads is annual publication of 7-10 poems by Massachusetts poets chosen by a Massachusetts poet, with a guide to reading and discussing the poems, videos of the poems being read (by the poets themselves when possible), and outreach to libraries, senior centers, book clubs, and more, to facilitate ~350 poetry discussion groups throughout the state in an effort to broaden the audience for poetry. Click here for more info!
Scholarships Format/Location

Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.

For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.

This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.

Zoom Participation:

In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.

Zoom Accessibility:

You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.