Poetry of Witness: Community, Belonging, and Mattering

Led by Juan J. Morales: 1st event of The Carolyn Forché Symposium

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In this generative workshop, poet Juan J. Morales will use the work of diverse poets to guide the workshop on writing the impact of migration, immigration, and diaspora as it impacts our communities, our own histories and experiences, our larger worldview, and how belonging and mattering can help our poetic lens. We will delve into poetry that helps us consider how migration and immigration may be part of our heritage, and how it helps us realize the complexities of our identities. We will learn methods of navigating the tensions that come when the political and personal intersect in our writing, as inspired by Carolyn Forché’s important poetry and writing.