"The Journey of Ekphrasis Poems" Generative Poetry Workshop with Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

1 Session: Sunday, November 12 from 2-4pm PT In-Person Max: 8 people Course Description: In this two-hour, generative workshop, participants will use photos and paintings to travel to new places in our imagination we may have never dared to explore before. Together we will read and dissect contemporary examples of ekphrasis poetry to understand what it is and how we might do it ourselves. Using new tools and strategies, participants will have time to generate poems from photos and art both around us and beyond. About the Instructor: Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a first generation Chicana born and raised in San Gabriel, California, who fondly remembers weekends spent haciendo travesuras with her cousins around her grandparents’ Boyle Heights home. Her most recent collection, Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites, is a Chicana’s witness to the American ethos in a time marked by controversy, division, and transformation. Her debut collection, Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge (Sun