Poetry Workshop with Kweku Abimbola

8275 John R,Detroit MI 48206

25 May, 2022

Description

Join us for a poetry writing workshop with Zell Fellow Kweku Abimbola. This workshop is FREE, but you must register ahead of time to attend. Some locations stay much the same for generations, while others change many times over the course of their existence...but any location, whether building or park, home or woodland, can become an anchor for community and a special place for individuals. The Spaces That Hold Us is a free poetry workshop where we'll discuss the importance of places that hold deep meanings not just for us, but for those who came before. It will be held at Detroit Specials Used Books, which is the latest occupant in a building which has housed a blind pig, a poetry and spoken word performance venue, an underground music spot, and a woodworking shop. This workshop is limited to 12 participants. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Kweku Abimbola is a post-graduate Zell Fellow at the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. He is of Gambian, Ghanaian, and Sierra Leonean descent. He is a finalist for the 2021 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and has work published and forthcoming in Shade Literary Arts, 20.35 Africa, The Obsidian, and elsewhere. Kweku is working on his first full-length poetry manuscript entitled Saltwater Demands a Psalm, where he investigates colonization, black mourning, black boyhood, gender politics, and especially, the spiritual consequences of climate change in West Africa. This program is made possible by Inside Out Literary Arts