Finding Light in the Dark of Winter

This workshop will take place on December 24th, with the aim of transforming a set of days that can sometimes be lonely or restless for Jewish writers into one rich with meaning, self-reflection, and productive thinking and writing. The session is for poets of all traditions who would like to work with Jewish themes. Participants will discuss craft while analyzing inspiring poems written by a range of Jewish poets—from ancient to contemporary times—and generative prompts will be given to inspire some new poems of your own.

Eve Grubin is the author of the collections of poems: Morning Prayer (Sheep Meadow Press, 2005), The House of Our First Loving, a chapbook, (Rack Press, 2016), and Grief Dialogue, a chapbook, (Rack Press, 2022). Her next book of poems, Boat of Letters, is forthcoming from Four Way Books. She teaches at NYU London and The Poetry School. More information can be found at www.evegrubin.com. Visit Eve’s profile in our Discover Jewish Poets database.

*Ticket Price: As we want our events to be accessible to all, our tickets are offered free of charge. Yet if you're able to donate—perhaps $18, or some multiple of 18, which in Jewish tradition signifies wishing long life and good luck to the recipient of the gift—all proceeds will go directly to supporting Yetzirah, making more events like this possible.

** If this fee is a hardship, Yetzirah offers a pay-what-you-can option for workshop participation. No one will be turned away for lack of funds, but please contact Program Coordinator Kyra Lisse at klisse@yetzirahpoets.org if you would like a sliding-scale ticket. 

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