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NEW ONLINE CLASS: Songs of Myself: The Art of the Autobiographical Poem


As Walt Whitman demonstrated, the self is an inexhaustible instrument. The more we sing, the more we discover our myriad selves. We will follow Whitman’s lead and abandon ourselves to the autobiographical poem. Or as Eileen Myles has put it, we’ll try to show all the different ways you can do autobiography. Through examinations of landscapes such as childhood, bodies, diaries, ambitions, dreams, accounts, riffing on the names in a family, or even mapping a neighborhood, we will sing ourselves silly, we will sing ourselves until we are hoarse, and then we will find ways to sing some more. Come join us to explore your prismatic self, or as the rock band Inhaler puts it: come face the faces in your personality. We will read a wide variety of autobiographical work, write a ton of new work, and support each other in our collective song.

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Tuesdays, 6pm-9pm E.T.

February 24-March 31

$400

Earlier Event: February 6
Millay Birthday Reading