Wild Transmissions: Queer Poetics and Craft

“The last large wild beasts are being hunted, poisoned, asphyxiated in one way or another, and the transmission of their wildness is dying, taming. A desert is rising with this falling pulse. It is our duty as poets and others who have not lost our jagged, creative edges to FILL that gap, and RESIST the urge to subdue our spirits and lose ourselves in the hypnotic beep of machines, of war, in the banal need for power, and things. With our poems and creative core we must RETURN THIS WORLD to its seismic levels of wildness.”

— CA Conrad, A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon

This class will explore queerness as poetics, helping you, as writers of poems, to engage in the ancient, teeming, wide-eyed conversation that is poetry, and, by extension, develop a deeper relationship with yourselves and your community. We will discuss works by queer writers, do some in-class exercises and support each other in defining queer poetics for ourselves. Together we will consider what it means to show up whole and wild in one's work. All identities are welcome.

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‍Details: Wild Transmissions: Queer Poetics and Craft with Lex Mal takes place Thursday, August 7 from 6:30-8:30pm remotely online via Zoom.

‍Prerequisite: None

‍Genre: Poetry/Performance Poetry

‍Level: All levels

‍Format: Craft Talk

‍Location: This class takes place remotely online via Zoom.

‍Size: Limited to 25 participants.

‍Scholarships: Two scholarship spots are available for this class for writers in Northeast Ohio. Apply by April 28.

‍Cancellations & Refunds: Cancel at least 48 hours in advance of the first class meeting to receive a full refund. Email info@litcleveland.org.