Starts August 10

General - $200
Members - $160

Sessions:

Session 1: August 10, 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
Session 2: August 17, 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
Session 3: August 24, 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
Session 4: August 31, 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET

In celebration of the Sealey Challenge, join Nicole Sealey for a four-part seminar on some of her go-to poems. Sealey will discuss some of the style and craft elements of works by acclaimed poets, including Yusef Komunyakaa, Brenda Shaughnessy, Tracy K. Smith, and Layli Long Soldier, among others. Participants will receive in-class writing prompts related to the poems discussed, as well as an exclusive post-Sealey Challenge reading guide featuring some of her favorite collections.

Class meets from 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET on Mondays, August 10, 17, 24, and 31. Syllabus and reading guide will be provided before the beginning of the course.

Session One: “Good Bones” by Maggie Smith, “The Good Life” by Tracy K. Smith, and “Good Times” by Lucille Clifton
Session Two: “The Quiet World” by Jeffrey McDaniel, “Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem” by Matthew Olzmann, “Quarantine” by Eavan Boland, and “Feeling Fucked Up” by Etheridge Knight
Session Three: “You and I Are Disappearing” by Yusef Komunyakaa, “Reverse: A Lynching” by Ansel Elkins, “Rat Ode” by Elizabeth Acevedo, and “Indigo” by Ellen Bass
Session Four: “Electrons” by Ruth Madievsky, “Artless” by Brenda Shaughnessy, “Errata” by Kevin Young, and “38” by Layli Long Soldier

This live, virtual course is structured to encourage active participation. Registrants will receive Zoom upon purchase of the course and a day prior to each session. All recordings will be made available within forty-eight hours of a session. All recordings and class materials will remain available for sixty days after the final session 

Scholarship applications must be submitted by Monday, August 3, at 5 p.m. ET. 

For information on how to register, how to receive the member discount, how to apply for a scholarship, how to access recordings and course materials, and more, please visit our FAQ page.