REPLAY: Writing the Big Thing Small

Thanks to everyone who came out to write the big thing small. *This is just a reminder that participants' poems are not recorded, so please attend live sessions to listen to others and share your work.

Richard Price says, “The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. You don’t write about the horrors of war. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.” Join award-winning poet Kelly Grace Thomas for a generative workshop where you will write poems that use small things to make a big impact. Learn how to hook your reader by targeting specificity to move from macro to micro. We will read and discuss poems by Ellen Bass, Ada Limón, sam sax and more.*

In this workshop, participants will:

• Use perspective and specificity to evoke emotion

• Explore how the contrast of macro and micro contributes to story

• Utilize symbolism to make the abstract tangible

• Leave with three new drafts that capture and captiva…