In these turbulent times, the world seems filled with tragedy and death. Few have the tools to handle these losses, yet many are expected to ‘move on’ from our grief without having the space to process what happened. In this four-week workshop, we will study grief-focused poetry, fiction, and nonfiction written by ire’ne lara silva, and explore strategies for writing about loss, memory, and mortality. We will apply them to on-theme writing prompts and create an open and empathetic space to discuss loss in our lives. This course is open to writers of all genres, backgrounds, and skill level, 18+.

WORKSHOP DATES: Saturdays, March 2, 9, 16, & 23, 2024, 10am-12pm CST, in-person at Gemini Ink

COST: Nonmember: $150; Member: $125; Student/Educator/Military $75

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ire’ne lara silva, the 2023 Texas State Poet Laureate, has authored four poetry collections, furia, Blood Sugar Canto, CUICACALLI/House of Song, and FirstPoems, two chapbooks, Enduring Azucares and Hibiscus Tacos, and an award-winning short story collection, flesh to bone. ire’ne won the 2021 Texas Institute of Letters Shrake Award for Best Short Nonfiction. A new poetry collection, the eaters of flowers, is forthcoming from Saddle Road Press in January 2024.