CONTACT
Split This Rock202-787-5210
info@splitthisrock.org
Return, Return
Sunday, October 15 12:30-3 pm
1301 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC
Cost: $20
Space is limited. Register by noon on Friday, October 13.
Scholarships are available. Submit an online request by noon on Wednesday, October 11.
ABOUT THE WRITING WORKSHOP
How do you keep writing when the flame is low? Poets of a social conscience and political imagination, our flames so potent, are particularly vulnerable to burnout. How do you restore the poetic voice when exhausted or when looking inward feels selfish?
Come play with fragments of silence and image. Bring the voices of your teachers, bring your Insta, and bring one thing: something from your kitchen or your bedroom, something from a shelf in your home or from a walk around the block. And, bring what you always carry, your memory.
In this generative workshop, we will spark and draft poems that return our eyes to moments of voice-origin, that sing to the bodies that catapulted us into a political imagination, and that confront the silencing impulse.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Ruth Irupé Sanabria was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina during a dictatorship (1976-1984), which claimed the lives of over 30,000 people from all walks of life. Both of her parents were kidnapped, tortured and “disappeared” in clandestine concentration camps. After a 6 month disappearance, her parents were transferred to separate prisons as political prisoners. She and her mother were exiled to Seattle, Washington on December 23, 1979. Ruth Irupé grew up between Seattle, Washington and Washington DC (Mt. Pleasant and Adams Morgan). Her first collection of poetry, The Strange House Testifies (Bilingual Press), won 2nd place (Poetry) in the 2010 Annual Latino Book Awards. Her second collection, Beasts Behave in Foreign Land, received the 2014 Letras Latinas/ Red Hen Press Award and was published in 2017. Her poems have appeared in anthologies such as Women Writing Resistance and U.S. Latino Literature Today. She holds an MFA from NYU and a B.A. in English and Puerto Rican & Hispanic Caribbean Studies from Rutgers. She works as a high school English teacher and lives with her husband and three children in Perth Amboy, N.J.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP LOCATION
The nearest metro station is Dupont Circle on the Red Line. The building is wheelchair accessible. A volunteer will be available at the door as the building locks on weekends. Participants are encouraged to arrive early so we can start on time. Those who arrive late may need to text or call 202-445-0536 to be let in.
FALL FOR THE BOOK EVENTS FEATURING
Split This Rock is excited to partner with George Mason University's Fall for the Book Festival to present two other other special events featuring Ruth Irupé Sanabria. Learn more on Split This Rock's website.
MORE INFORMATION
Contact us at info@splitthisrock.org or 202-787-5210 should you have any questions.
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