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Anti-Fairy Tale Writing Workshop at the Wolf House
Bella Luna Studios proudly presents an afternoon writing workshop led by the incredible April Gibson and Kathryn Kysar. In this intimate workshop, we will explore the roles of fairy tales in the magical Wolf House.
1-5 p.m.
$50
Reservations highly recommended. Workshop space will be limited to 12. All levels of writers/thinkers are welcome.
Workshop Description: Fairy tales uphold their cultures values: within our patriarchal, capitalist, ageist, ableist, racist society, women are brutalized, erased, forgotten, made passive. In this poetry workshop, participants will write against the untrue fairy tale narratives about womens lives.
We will explore the false promises of passivity, beauty, marriage, courtship, and attraction in the age of #metoo, the fight for racial equity, and political lies. Some questions we will ask: What have fairy tales promised you? How have those promises been broken? How can we reclaim our and own our stories and fight against these fallacies?
After an examination of some model poems and a quick review of the qualities of good poetry, the workshop will open up your writing with a variety of exercises meant reclaim your voice and draw the sword of your pen to fight back against the myth of the fairy tale. No critiquing, but we will share a selection our work at the end of the day.
APRIL GIBSON is a poet, essayist, and educator whose work has appeared in Pluck!, Valley Voices, Tidal Basin, Literary Mama, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a Loft Mentor Series Award in Poetry, a fellow of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, The Watering Hole Poetry Retreat, and a VONA Writing Workshop alum. Her chapbook, Automation (2015), was published by Willow Books. Her current project is a full-length poetry collection titled The Black Woman Press Conference.
KATHRYN KYSAR is the author of two books of poetry, Dark Lake and Pretend the World, and she edited the anthology Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers. She has received fellowships and residencies from the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Tofte Lake Center, and the Oberholtzer Foundation. She performances with the Sonoglyph Collective, a poetry/improvisational jazz group around the Twin Cities.
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LocationBella Luna Studios at the Wolf House MPLS (View)
3359 Tyler Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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