You Gotta Laugh...Poetry and Humor with Caitlin McDonnell (Zoom)
Sat, Sep 19
|Zoom
In this workshop, we will talk about the interesting and longstanding relationship between poetry and comedy, read funny poems and not- so-funny poems, write, maybe laugh and/or cry and come out with a few new poem drafts.
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Zoom
About the event
We are living through the rise of authoritarianism, climate catastrophe, war, artificial intelligence taking over with no guardrails. Poetry is a consolation, but sometimes we also need to laugh. Because poetry and comedy rely on the uniqueness of a human voice, they also help fight the dehumanizing forces of AI. In this workshop, we will talk about the interesting and longstanding relationship between poetry and comedy, read funny poems and not- so-funny poems, write, maybe laugh and/or cry and come out with a few new poem drafts.
BIO:
A former Fine Arts Work Center, Yaddo, and New York Times fellow in poetry, Caitlin Grace McDonnell received her MFA from NYU. She has published poems and essays widely, including a chapbook, Dreaming the Tree (2003) and two books of poems, Looking for Small Animals (2012) and Pandemic City (2021). She lives and teaches writing in NYC.
Tickets
Poetry and Humor
$150.00
+$3.75 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00