Disorientation & Dystopia: A Generative Poetics Workshop

with Joan Kwon Glass

a 4-week poetry workshop over Zoom
meeting Tuesdays 4-6pm Pacific (July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29)
(all sessions will be recorded and shared with participants for a limited time afterwards)

In this multi-week, generative workshop, we will read & write poems that lean into disorientation, Anthropocenic dysmorphia & "dystopian nonfiction" through traditional & unconventional forms, unexpected language & bold imagery. How might we empower ourselves & our writing through deconstructing & transmogrifying what stuns and/or scares us? What poetic forms & tools might best serve our writing in this process as we navigate so many unknowns?

We will spend most of our time reading & writing together, with opportunities to share our work verbally. Readings will include poets such as Mary Ruefle, Chen Chen, Omotara James, Anne Sexton, Diane Seuss, Morgan Parker, Jennifer O'Grady, Franny Choi, and others.

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Pricing:

The following payment model is inspired by and borrowed from the payment model of Bayo Akomolafe’s class, We Will Dance With Mountains: Into the Cracks.

This workshop offers a sliding scale based on your relative financial standing. In an effort to reflect disparity in economic condition and access to wealth, the following payment system is designed for those with more wealth to help cover the costs of those with less access to wealth and resources. We trust your discernment of your current financial situation and how you fit into the global economic context.

As you decide what amount to pay, please consider your present-day financial situation governed by income, but also the following factors: historical discrimination faced by your peoples; your financial wealth (retirement/savings/investments); your access to income and financial wealth, both current and anticipated (how easily could you earn more income compared to other people in your community, country, and the world; are you expecting an inheritance); people counting on your financial livelihood including dependents and community members; the socio-economic conditions of your locale (relative to other places in your country and in the world); your relationship to food & resource scarcity.

$325 Partner

$250 Supporter (Note: This amount reflects the “real” value of this course.)

$175 Companion

Scholarships are also still available for anyone needing further financial assistance. Please email Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com for more info, or if you are feeling challenged in any way by the financial requirements of participation.

Joan Kwon Glass is a diasporic Korean poet, author of DAUGHTER OF THREE GONE KINGDOMS, winner of the 2024 Perugia Press Poetry Prize, & NIGHT SWIM, winner of the 2021 Diode Book Prize. Her poems have been featured or are forthcoming in Poetry, The Slowdown, Passages North, Poetry Daily, Terrain, Poetry Northwest, Tahoma Literary Review, Prairie Schooner & elsewhere. Joan has been a finalist for the Tupelo Press Helena Whitehill Book Award, the Poetry Northwest Possession Sound Series & the University of Akron Poetry Prize. She is a 2025 Writer in Residence for SWWIM, poet laureate emeritus for Milford, CT & serves as a teacher for several writing centers across the country.