CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: Free online poetry workshop and reading with Hoa Nguyen

CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: Free online poetry workshop and reading with Hoa Nguyen

Thursday, September 7, 3-4pm ET

Hoa Nguyen leads a group thinking-and-reading-through of a poem by Gerrit Lansing followed by a short reading of her own work.

This free, participatory event (taking place via Zoom) features Hoa Nguyen, one of our favorite poets, leading an intimate, virtual group thinking-and-reading-through of “How We Sizzled in the Pasture” by Gerrit Lansing. Neither explicitly teaching nor explaining, our special guest poet will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore this featured poem as a group.

Whether already well-versed in the “close reading” of poems or having never been quite sure you’ve been “getting it,” CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE provides a digital gathering for taking a refreshing deep dive into poetry.

Actively participate or simply listen and learn!

The event will last about an hour and conclude with a brief reading of poetry by our special guest poet.

Hoa Nguyen is a poet, educator, and member of the collective She Who Has No Masters, a project of multi-voiced collectivity, hybrid poetics, encounters, in-between spaces, and (dis)places of the Vietnamese diaspora. Her books include Red Juice: Poems 1998 – 2008 and the Griffin Prize-nominated Violet Energy Ingots. Her latest collection of poems, A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure was a finalist for a 2021 National Book Award, the General Governor’s Literary Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.  Currently, she teaches at the Milton Avery School for Fine Arts at Bard College and Toronto Metropolitan University. She’s an Aquarius and a Fire Horse.

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Toward opening new possibilities for discovery, thought, connection, and joy, The Flow Chart Foundation explores poetry and the interrelationships of various art forms as guided by the legacy of gay American poet John Ashbery and promotes engagement with his work.