EVENT LINK: https://tinyurl.com/free-verse-workshop-bipoc
September 3rd, 7:00pm-8:15pm, Virtual, Free

This workshop closely observes how normative medical language and languages of the body can be subverted to express the reality of living in a body with chronic illness, disability, or neurodivergence, "queering" language to reveal surprising and new ways to think about corporeality. We will observe work by Hala Alyan, Anthony Lombardi, Kay Ulanday Barrett, heidi andrea restrepo rhodes, Mia Mingus, Alice Wong, and more.

About the instructor: Ashna Ali is a Best-of-the-Net-nominated queer, disabled, and diasporic poet, writer, and educator raised in Italy and based in Brooklyn. Their work has been featured or is forthcoming in The Margins, Split This Rock, The Felt, Nat. Brut., Zoeglossia, and beyond. Their forthcoming collection, The Relativity of Living Well, documents the connections between the political neglect of the COVID pandemic in 2020 with contemporary struggles for Palestinian liberation and freedom from American fascism. They hold a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and publish a weekly Substack newsletter called PAIN BABY.

This workshop is taught by and for Black, Indigenous, and other Persons of Color with an interest in poetry. We invite folks to connect in this safe, generative, BIPOC-centered space: to share work, experiences, and discourse. At the end of every workshop, we welcome the sharing of resources, such as literature, community events, and grants available for application. Respectfully and consensually connecting with other members outside of the space is encouraged. If you are not BIPOC-identifying, we kindly invite you to attend other PSNY events. While topics do not necessarily center around being BIPOC, this community space is designed specifically for the BIPOC experience. Attendees of our Monthly Free Workshops for BIPOC Creatives receive a 50% off discount code for our Weekly Virtual Workshops!