The Sunday workshop on September 27, “Poetry Comics!,” will be led by Kristin Emanuel. In this generative workshop, attendees will escape from creative ruts and embrace poetry’s dreamlike qualities by exploring visuals in their writing practice. They will look at the work of poets like Gabrielle Bates, Mita Mahato, and Bianca Stone who create surreal comics that involve collages, ink drawings, and paintings: a man with the head of a bird, a papercut whale, and a human-sized ice cream cone in space.
This workshop offers the time and art materials for you to craft your very own poetry comic. As a participant, you need not identify as an artist or a poet; you need only bring your curiosity and imagination. The workshop is held in person at High Low, with virtual attendance available to those who need it. Registration is required and first-come, first-served.
Register by September 23, 2026. For full details, visit: https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/sunday-workshop-september-2026
Kristin Emanuel is a PhD candidate at Washington University studying poetry and poetics. She is the author of “Birdwatching in the 4th Dimension,” which was selected by judge Shann Ray as the winner of the 2025 Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize. Emanuel’s poems, essays, and comics have appeared in journals such as Ecotone, Blackbird, and The Rumpus.