HYBRID PROGRAM — in-person at the Emily Dickinson Museum AND streaming live for online registrants
This program is FREE to attend. Registration is required.
Part of the 2024 Tell It Slant Poetry Festival!
Join us for the 12th annual Tell it Slant Poetry Festival, a week of events happening both online and in-person at the Museum! Register here to access the Festival schedule:
Nicole Callihan, Pichchenda Bao, and Jennifer Franklin, the editors of Braving the Body (Harbor Editions, 2024) will discuss a group of Dickinson’s poems about the body and embodied experience, particularly her exploration into the often-contradictory needs between body and mind. We will also read a selection of contemporary poems by women and non-binary poets from Braving the Body who have been inspired by Dickinson’s work. We will provide prompts for a generative writing exercise inspired by Dickinson and/or the poems from the anthology. There will be time for interested participants to share their drafts and to receive feedback from the editors.
About the Poets
Jennifer Franklin published three poetry collections including If Some God Shakes Your House (Four Way 2023). In 2021, Franklin received grants from NYFA/City Artist Corps and Café Royal Cultural Foundation. Her work has been published widely including in APR, Bennington Review, The Nation, and The Paris Review. Diane Seuss chose one of Franklin’s poems for The Academy of American Poets “poem-a-day.” She teaches in Manhattanville’s MFA program and HVWC, where she serves as Program Director.
jenniferfranklinpoet.com
Pichchenda Bao is a Cambodian American writer, infant survivor of the Khmer Rouge, daughter of refugees, and feminist stay-at-home mother. Her work speaks to the interwoven nature of grief, resilience, historical and generational trauma, and the everyday. Her work has been published widely and nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net. Her honors include a fellowship from Kundiman, a residency from Bethany Arts, a New Works grant from Queens Council on the Arts.
pichchendabao.com
Nicole Callihan’s most recent book, This Strange Garment (Terrapin, 2023) navigates her stage II bilateral breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Her work has been published in APR, Tin House, Kenyon Review, and a Poem-a-Day feature from the Academy of American Poets. Her work has been supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. Chigger Ridge will be published by The Word Works in 2024 and SLIP will be published by Saturnalia in 2025.
https://www.nicolecallihan.com/
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