Join us on Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Maya Salameh. Ritual as Origin Exploring ritual as a (non-geographical) location of provenance. Poetry and ritual are two ancient technologies – what (not where) are you from? This reading is sponsored by the King Fahd Center for Middle […]
Author: Open Mouth Literary
A Reading with Maya Salameh
Join us for a reading by featured poet Maya Salameh. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by community members. SUPPORT OUR WORK: Suggested donation of $5 or more. Every donation to Open Mouth Literary Center supports our programming, ASL interpreters, featured poets, and increasing accessibility. The only way we can […]
A Reading with K. Iver
Join us for a reading by featured poet K. Iver. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by community members. UPPORT OUR WORK: Suggested donation of $5 or more. Every donation to Open Mouth Literary Center supports our programming, ASL interpreters, featured poets, and increasing accessibility. The only way we can […]
Elegy and Ecstasy: A Workshop on Desire and Contrast with K. Iver
Join us on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet K. Iver. Elegy and Ecstacy: A Workshop on Desire and Contrast Lately I’ve been interested in how queer poets write desire, which is not to be confused with writing sex. Queer poets can uniquely show us how to […]
A Reading with Mag Gabbert
Join us for a reading by featured poet Mag Gabbert. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by community members. SUPPORT OUR WORK: Suggested donation of $5 or more. Every donation to Open Mouth Literary Center supports our programming, ASL interpreters, featured poets, and increasing accessibility. The only way we can […]
Building with Concrete:A Workshop with Mag Gabbert
Join us on Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Mag Gabbert BUILDING WITH CONCRETE: REPLACING ABSTRACT LANGUAGE WITH SENSORY DETAILS IN POETRY In this generative, hour-long workshop, participants will work to transform concepts—such as anger, liberty, beauty, and greatness—into poems that feature tangible and sensory details. We […]
Open Mouth Presents: A Reading with Natasha Mijares
Join us for a reading by featured poet Natasha Mijares. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by community members. SUPPORT OUR WORK: Suggested donation of $5 or more. Every donation to Open Mouth Literary Center supports our programming, ASL interpreters, featured poets, and increasing accessibility. The only way we can […]
As it Is Written: A Workshop with Natasha Mijares
Join us on Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Natasha Mijares. AS IT IS WRITTEN SO IT SHALL BE DONE This writing workshop invites participants to explore the process of fate-fulfillment through writing. We will be looking at excerpts from writers and artists who write in the […]
Open Mouth Presents: A Reading with Banah el Ghadbanah and Ashia Ajani
Join us for a reading by featured poets Banah el Ghadbanah and Ashia Ajani. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by members of our community. SUPPORT OUR WORK: Suggested donation of $5 or more. Every donation to Open Mouth Literary Center supports our programming, ASL interpreters, featured poets, and increasing […]
Myth Making and Environment, A Workshop with Ashia Ajani
Join us on Sunday, October 13, 2022 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Ashia Ajani. This workshop will use climate writing and art by members of the African Diaspora to inform young people’s own climate narratives. Climate change is one of the biggest sources of stress among young people; being able […]