Writing from the perspective of another requires great investment and momentous risk, all with no promise of reward. So why do poets continue to explore persona as a creative approach in our work?
In this in-person workshop at The Ruby in San Francisco, CA, Shirali, author of new poetry collection summonings, will present her scholarship on the persona spectrum, discussing “near” persona and “far” persona as ways of conceiving of our poems’ speakers. Through discussing the process of writing her own “near” and “far” persona poems in summonings, students will engage in philosophical exploration of the ethical stakes and creative potential inherent in stepping outside our own subjectivities. Students will then write the other, or write the self, or—better yet—collapse that distinction entirely.
Writers of all levels and genres are welcome! Register at the Eventbrite.