Metaphor, (re)vision, and the Ode: A Workshop

In this workshop, we will explore risk, metaphor, & vision in relation to the praise poem. Through a series of generative prompts & questions, we will explore the ways in which the act of practicing metaphors might teach us something essential about personal history, empathy, action, and memory.

Sunday May 16, 2010
noon-2:30pm
Institute for Policy Studies
1112 16th St. NW
Suite 600
Washington DC, 20036

**To register, send a check for $25 made out to "Sarah Browning" to Split This Rock, 1112 16thStreet, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036. Scholarships available.**

Please contact Sarah at browning at splitthisrock dot org for more info.


Aracelis Girmay is the author of the poetry collection Teeth, for which she was named a Pan African Literary Fellow & recipient of the GLCA New Writers Award. Girmay's work has also been published in Callaloo, Ploughshares, & MiPoesias, among other journals. She teaches in Drew University's low-residency MFA program, DreamYard's Bronx Poetry Project, & will begin teaching at Hampshire College in September. Among the poets whose work is deeply teaching her are: Forugh Farrokhzad, Gwendolyn Brooks, Martín Espada, Nazim Hikmet, & Lucille Clifton.