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1/14/26: Poets as Scholars: A Circular Relationship with Emily M Goldsmith, PhD
Workshop Description: This hybrid skill share-craft-workshop will begin with Dr. Emily Goldsmith’s anecdotal experience about their explorations of Louisiana Creole identity, and how that led them into academic and archival research. Sometimes scholarship feels mystical, and it was built to feel that way on purpose to historically gate-keep knowledge, but knowledge is for everyone.
You might be interested in this workshop if you’re curious about graduate school. Perhaps, you just enjoy a good rabbit hole. Maybe you want to be an independent researcher from your home, or you may be in process of excavating your family story. Regardless of where you fall, there is something for any curious mind in this workshop!
This session will walk through using databases/search engines, booking free appointments with your local archives, and how you can hybridize your work. In this workshop, you will brainstorm, try your hand at exploring a digital archive, and generate a creative response to an original prompt.
About the Teaching Artist: Dr. Emily M Goldsmith is a queer Louisiana Creole poet originally from South Louisiana. Emily received their PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi and MFA in Poetry from the University of Kentucky. Emily is an Instructor of English at Louisiana State University. They read poetry for Split Lip Magazine. Their creative work can be found in or forthcoming from Pithead Chapel, Midway Journal, Moist Poetry Journal, The Penn Review, and elsewhere.
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 11am PT / 2pm ET.
Location: Zoom
• Genre: Any/All
• In-Class Writing Lift: Light
• Homework: None
• Workshopping Drafts: Minimal
A note on cost:
The actual cost of the workshop is $45.
There are a select number of discounted spots available for those who cannot pay the full cost, and community caretaker spots are also available for those who would like to support those paying the discounted rate. To learn more about why we use a sliding scale, click here.
If you’re interested in a Season Pass, click here.
Workshop Description: This hybrid skill share-craft-workshop will begin with Dr. Emily Goldsmith’s anecdotal experience about their explorations of Louisiana Creole identity, and how that led them into academic and archival research. Sometimes scholarship feels mystical, and it was built to feel that way on purpose to historically gate-keep knowledge, but knowledge is for everyone.
You might be interested in this workshop if you’re curious about graduate school. Perhaps, you just enjoy a good rabbit hole. Maybe you want to be an independent researcher from your home, or you may be in process of excavating your family story. Regardless of where you fall, there is something for any curious mind in this workshop!
This session will walk through using databases/search engines, booking free appointments with your local archives, and how you can hybridize your work. In this workshop, you will brainstorm, try your hand at exploring a digital archive, and generate a creative response to an original prompt.
About the Teaching Artist: Dr. Emily M Goldsmith is a queer Louisiana Creole poet originally from South Louisiana. Emily received their PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi and MFA in Poetry from the University of Kentucky. Emily is an Instructor of English at Louisiana State University. They read poetry for Split Lip Magazine. Their creative work can be found in or forthcoming from Pithead Chapel, Midway Journal, Moist Poetry Journal, The Penn Review, and elsewhere.
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 11am PT / 2pm ET.
Location: Zoom
• Genre: Any/All
• In-Class Writing Lift: Light
• Homework: None
• Workshopping Drafts: Minimal
A note on cost:
The actual cost of the workshop is $45.
There are a select number of discounted spots available for those who cannot pay the full cost, and community caretaker spots are also available for those who would like to support those paying the discounted rate. To learn more about why we use a sliding scale, click here.
If you’re interested in a Season Pass, click here.