About This Training
Experimental Poetry
Exploring Experimental Writing is a three-part series for writers ready to break free from traditional genre conventions and discover new possibilities for their work.
In our first session, we’ll explore what makes a piece of writing “experimental”. We’ll then dive into prose poetry, a form that has long challenged the boundaries between poetry and prose. We’ll read and discuss published prose poems by Zachary Schomburg, Celeste Colarič-Gonzales, and Danez Smith. Then, writers will have the opportunity to draft their own prose poems through guided writing exercises. Join us to experiment with walking the line between prose and poetry, and see what becomes possible when you refuse to choose between them.
About Kayla Degala-Paraíso
Kayla (she/they) is a Filipina-American creative writing consultant and teacher at GrubStreet. She is also a social and economic justice activist, focusing on the intersection of labor, immigration, gender-based violence, and human rights. Blending the real and the mystical, her creative work often meditates on place, loss, and memory. Kayla’s writing has been published in [PANK] Magazine, Okay Donkey, ANMLY, and elsewhere; and has been nominated for the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. When she is not writing or teaching writing, you can find Kayla exploring the great wilderness of her local Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NYC. As a returning Ocean BBAwareness Contest judge, Kayla is excited to witness youth art-activism for a sixth summer in a row.
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