Reading Groups

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Reading Groups are facilitated sessions guiding committed poets and poetry readers in a practice of reading more deeply, creatively, and intentionally. Each month, I’ll guide groups through a close reading of a current book of poetry—books that are overlooked and underrated, books that have something important to tell us about what it is to be alive today.

Groups meet once a month for two hours. Outside of meeting times, I’ll support your reading with prompts, guiding questions, and supplementary materials with a special focus on issues of craft. Together, we’ll develop a deeper understanding of how great poetry is made: reading not just for content (what poets write), but for structure, process, and choice (how poets think). Reading this way can help us to think more fearlessly and creatively about the choices we face: in our own writing, and in how we live.