Register for Poetry Basics with Jason Bayani (waitlist only)

[FOUR SESSIONS, Mondays 6-8:00pm PT] June 21, 28, July 5, 12 | Online via Zoom

Tuition: $150 (early-bird before June 7) $175 (after May 7)

*Please note KSW educational programming is focused primarily on BIPOC writers and artists. Space is limited. Payment information will be sent to all attendees before classes begin. Please email info@kearnystreet.org if you have any questions.

Course Description

KSW’s Poetry Basics is a four week craft course geared towards developing and emerging poets (and those wanting a bit of a refresher). This class will examine the concept of voice and how we find it within our work. What are the questions we keep returning to? What are we searching for? Each class will focus on a different set of principles that will help us explore how poems are constructed including observation & discovery, musicality/form, and vision. This class will also offer instruction on how to become a more confident reader in front of audiences and guidance for emerging poets who are trying to get their work out in the world.

About the Instructor

Jason Bayani is the author of Locus (Omnidawn Publishing 2019, Norcal Book Award finalist) and Amulet (Write Bloody Publishing 2013). He's an MFA graduate from Saint Mary's College, a Kundiman fellow, and works as the artistic director for Kearny Street Workshop, the oldest multi-disciplinary Asian Pacific American arts organization in the country. His publishing credits include World Literature Today, Muzzle Magazine, Lantern Review, and other publications. Jason performs regularly around the country and debuted his solo theater show "Locus of Control" in 2016 with theatrical runs in San Francisco, New York, and Austin. 

Register

Class in now full. You can still register to be put on the waitlist in case someone drops out or we are able to add more people. Jason will also be teaching the class separately later this summer. Please contact him at jason@kearnystreet.org if you have questions