Author: Open Mouth Literary

Join us on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Allison Blevins. Redefining Ekphrasis: What do reality tv, abstract paintings, and your old mixtapes have in common? In this workshop, we will read and discuss both traditional and modern examples of ekphrastic writing. Attendees will have the opportunity […]

Join us on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 7:00pm Central for a reading by featured poet Allison Blevins. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by our poetry community. ACCESS NOTES: The reading will take place virtually via Zoom with Zoom auto captions. An ASL interpreter will be present. Access copies […]

Join us on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 7:00pm Central for a reading by featured poet Susan Nguyen. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by past Open Mouth residents Caroline Ezell, Claire Hutchinson, Sophia Joan, Jordan Smith, Lauren Tess, Gaby Treviño, and Emily Useche. ACCESS NOTES: The reading will take place […]

Join us on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Susan Nguyen. Dear Futures: An Epistolary Workshop When was the last time you received a letter in the mail that wasn’t from your internet company? When was the last time you wrote one? These days, letters can come […]

Join us on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Leonora Simonovis. At the Tip of a Top: Working with Poetic Turns In this workshop we will explore how a variety of poets intentionally use specific parts of speech, syntax, line breaks and punctuation to craft surprising turns […]

Join us on Sunday, January 09, 2022 at 7:00pm Central for readings by featured poets Leonora Simonovis and Suzanne Underwood Rhodes. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory community readings. ACCESS NOTES: The reading will take place virtually via Zoom with Zoom auto captions, and an ASL interpreter will be present. Access copies […]

Join us on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Rajiv Mohabir. Workshop theme to be announced  ** ACCESS NOTES: The workshop will take place virtually via Zoom with Zoom auto captions. An ASL interpreter will be present. Access copies of workshop materials will be made available via […]

Join us on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 7:00pm Central for readings by featured poets Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Rajiv Mohabir. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by community readers. ACCESS NOTES: The reading will take place virtually via Zoom with Zoom auto captions, and an ASL interpreter will be present. […]

Join us on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 2:00pm Central for a generative workshop with featured poet Noor Hindi. Everything but the Kitchen Sink: A Poetry Workshop on Messiness, Chaos, and the Seemingly Random  Dinosaurs. Nose piercings. Vintage pleasures. How can we use ordinary and everyday images as paths into the emotional landscapes of our […]

Join us on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 7:00pm Central for a reading by featured poet Noor Hindi. The reading will be preceded by a round of introductory readings by members of our poetry community. ACCESS NOTES: The reading will take place virtually via Zoom with Zoom auto captions, and an ASL interpreter will be present. […]