Poetry Meets Memoir with Anastacia Renee
Sat, Mar 08
|Virtual on Zoom
Discover the art of blending poetry and memoir in this genre-bending workshop. Explore collective and personal stories, memories, and folklore as we weave together the Haibun and Nines forms, transforming fragmented memories into powerful first drafts.
Time & Location
Mar 08, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Virtual on Zoom
About the Event
Memory (the deliberate act of remembering) is a form of willed creation. It is not an effort to find out the way it really was--that is research. The point is to dwell on the way it appeared and why it appeared in that particular way. -Toni Morrison
In this genre-bending workshop we will collectively and independently explore and interrogate stories, communal folklore and our archival of memories. We will lay our memories (from multiple points of view) out and jigsaw them to create first drafts of The Haibun, and The Nines poems. All class text will be provided by workshop facilitator.
ANASTACIA RENEÉ is a queer writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, playwright, former radio host, TEDX speaker, and podcaster.
She is the author of Here In The (Middle) Of Nowhere, Side Notes From The Archivist, (v.) and Forget It. Sidenotes from the Archivist was selected…
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Poetry Meets Memoir
Nebraska Poetry Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Poetry Meets Memoir with Anastacia Renee Time: Mar 8, 2025 10:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82139007768?pwd=arcDwq5MAbTkEybV58zaoDTByFuBWm.1 Meeting ID: 821 3900 7768 Passcode: 949064
$35.00+$0.88 service fee
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