April 1, 2018
On Writing, Workshop & Mental Health: A Roundtable (Part 3)
As a poet, I don’t like being told to abide by certain rules in poetry; whenever someone comes out with a list, say, of words that poets should never use, […]
March 30, 2018
On Writing, Workshop & Mental Health: A Roundtable (Part 2)
Poetry is absolutely necessary for my mental health. Growing up, we never talked about well-being in my family– that is, directly. While my mother was easier to talk to, as […]
March 29, 2018
On Writing, Workshop & Mental Health: A Roundtable (Part 1)
The following began as a conversation on Twitter initiated by this tweet by Emma Bolden, which opened up a larger conversation about the writing life, workshop experiences, and how we deal […]