Oceans Blue with Wisdom & Wonder with Brian Turner (Zoom)

In this generative workshop, we’ll dive into the ancient landscape of whales and flying fish—from the moonlit crests of waves to the subconscious dark at the bottom of the ocean. Along the way, I’ll do my best to share foundational lessons I’ve learned from poets and thinkers over the past 40 years of study—with the hope that these approaches and insights might offer inroads into your own creative journey. In advance of the workshop, you’ll receive a packet of poems from a variety of authors in the field, and I only ask that you bring your favorite writing tools to the conversation—along with your own profound curiosity.

BIO

Brian Turner has five collections of poetry, from Here, Bullet to The Dead Peasant’s Handbook (all with Alice James Books), and a memoir—My Life as a Foreign Country (with W.W. Norton & Co.). He’s the editor of The Kiss and co-edited The Strangest of…