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Workshop Description: It may feel like doomscrolling to seek out contemporary ecological writing, but how can we turn our despair towards necessary work? Primal emotions of devotion and fury, the languages of scientific inquiry and other ancestral ways of knowing, and our unique attunements to local landscapes can all make their way into writing that deals meaningfully with our place in the world. Led from the far edge of the Pacific ocean, this session will set readings from Aotearoa and other islands to discuss the ways writers can build a body of work that navigates our internal lives in collision with external events. Ahead of time, we will read work by Tayi Tibble, Craig Santos Perez, and more. When we gather, we will have a craft conversation and then a generative session to apply the energy of the ideas we’ve exchanged.
About the Teaching Artist: Rebecca Hawkes is a queer painter-poet from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her first book is Meat Lovers (AUP: a Lambda finalist/Laurel prizewinner). She edits Sweet Mammalian, co-edited the climate-poetics anthology No Other Place to Stand, and holds an HZWP MFA and IIML MA. Her poems have won awards from Palette Poetry, Salt Hill, the Hopwoods, and the Academy of American Poets, and are forthcoming in the Threepenny, Georgia, & Missouri Reviews. Her next collection is coming with YesYesBooks and AUP in 2026.
Date: Wednesday, April 9th at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Location: Zoom
• Genre: Any/All
• In-Class Writing Lift: Moderate
• Homework: Required
• 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: It may feel like doomscrolling to seek out contemporary ecological writing, but how can we turn our despair towards necessary work? Primal emotions of devotion and fury, the languages of scientific inquiry and other ancestral ways of knowing, and our unique attunements to local landscapes can all make their way into writing that deals meaningfully with our place in the world. Led from the far edge of the Pacific ocean, this session will set readings from Aotearoa and other islands to discuss the ways writers can build a body of work that navigates our internal lives in collision with external events. Ahead of time, we will read work by Tayi Tibble, Craig Santos Perez, and more. When we gather, we will have a craft conversation and then a generative session to apply the energy of the ideas we’ve exchanged.
About the Teaching Artist: Rebecca Hawkes is a queer painter-poet from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her first book is Meat Lovers (AUP: a Lambda finalist/Laurel prizewinner). She edits Sweet Mammalian, co-edited the climate-poetics anthology No Other Place to Stand, and holds an HZWP MFA and IIML MA. Her poems have won awards from Palette Poetry, Salt Hill, the Hopwoods, and the Academy of American Poets, and are forthcoming in the Threepenny, Georgia, & Missouri Reviews. Her next collection is coming with YesYesBooks and AUP in 2026.
Date: Wednesday, April 9th at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Location: Zoom
• Genre: Any/All
• In-Class Writing Lift: Moderate
• Homework: Required
• 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.