Join us on Friday, October 30th, 2020 from 4:00pm-5:00pm CDT for a generative workshop with featured reader Eloisa Amezcua:

How can sound and diction make personal histories and narratives tangible to the reader? In this workshop we will explore our own lexicons, how they're shaped by the world around us, and how to best use them to create emotional texture in our poems.

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Space is limited to 20 participants.

The workshop will take place virtually via Zoom with Otter Live Captions. An ASL interpreter will be present. Access copies of workshop materials will be made available via Google Docs.

Register for the virtual workshop by clicking on the "Registration" button on the Eventbrite page, donating any amount you can, and entering the required fields. You will receive an email with the Zoom information.

Suggested donation of $5.

NOTE: If you are unable to donate at this time, simply enter $1.00 as your donation amount (not zero) and click "check out," and then click "pay at the door" as your payment option. Once you have filled out all required fields, you will still be able to register, and you can keep your dollar.

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Eloisa Amezcua is from Arizona. Her debut collection, From the Inside Quietly, is the inaugural winner of the Shelterbelt Poetry Prize selected by Ada Limón. A MacDowell fellow, Eloisa is the founder of Costura Creative. Her second collection of poems, Fighting Is Like a Wife, is forthcoming from Coffee House Press. Find her at www.eloisaamezcua.com or on Twitter at @Eloisa_Amezcua

Event header image description

Left side: image of open mouth logo—a line drawing of lips around an open mouth with tongue & uvula snowing behind teeth, two of which are gold—on a blue background overlaid with the text "Writing Workshop: Sound as Memory, with Eloisa Amezcua." Availability of sign language interpretation is indicated by the presence of an icon showing two hands signing in the bottom left corner.

Right side: photograph of an early 30's poet with short brown hair, black tank top, sitting on the floor laughing gregariously. (Photo Credit: Kendra M. Lee)

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Many thanks to the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas for supporting this year's festival.