TRY THIS AT HOME: The Art of the Essay Poem (A Generative Poetry Workshop with Tina Cane--Zoom))

Un essai in French is an attempt. Likewise, the verb essayer means to try. In this workshop, we will try our hand at the essay poem. We will survey the history of essay, explore hybrid poems that borrow and incorporate its elements, and be inspired to try writing our own. Luminaries--including Michel de Montaigne, Anne Carson, Ezra Pound, Greg Pardlo, Maggie Nelson, Lydia Davis, and Claudia Rankine—will be our guides, as we explore this fascinating form.

This online generative poetry workshop will run for 4 weeks, on Wednesday evenings, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, and Nov. 19.

BIO

Tina Cane was born in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC in 1969 and grew up in the city’s East and West Village. She attended the University of Vermont, the Sorbonne and completed her master’s degree in French Literature at ​the University of Paris X-Nanterre and Middlebury College. She is the…