Genre: Poetry

Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Spring in New Orleans Writing Retreat

March/April 2020

The 2020 Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Spring in New Orleans Writing Retreat was held from March 19 to March 22 at the Pelham Hotel, a five-minute walk from the French Quarter. The retreat featured multi-genre and publishing workshops, craft seminars, and time to work for writers including poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty included poetry and fiction writers Rita Banerjee and Diana Norma Szokolyai, and fiction and nonfiction writer Stephen Aubrey. The cost of the retreat was $1,650, which included tuition, lodging, and breakfasts.

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Event Date: 
April 28, 2025
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April 28, 2025
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Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 28, 2025
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Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Spring in New Orleans Writing Retreat, Cambridge Writers’ Workshop, Inc., P.O. Box 380448, Cambridge, MA 02138. (917) 830-4748. Rita Banerjee, Executive Creative Director. 

Rita Banerjee
Executive Creative Director
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New Orleans
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LA
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02138
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

10 Things I Hate About You

The Time Is Now
2.21.17

Writing an unsentimental love poem can be one of the more difficult endeavors a poet can take on, whether the subject of that poem is a lover, a family member, or friend. Taking inspiration from the popular film 10 Things I Hate About You, a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, write an ode to the aspects of a loved one that downright irk you. How might you use a form of repetition in your poem—like an anaphora or refrain—to build tension and showcase either the unlikable or admirable aspects of this person?

Afaa Michael Weaver

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“I see myself in the shadows of a leaf.” Afaa Michael Weaver reads his poem “Self Portrait” and Lucille Clifton’s poem “My Dream About God” for the P.O.P. series, which was shot and edited by Rachel Eliza Griffiths in partnership with the Academy of American Poets. Weaver’s poetry collection Spirit Boxing (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017) is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Poetry
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Afaa Michael Weaver
Spirit Boxing
University of Pittsburgh Press
Lucille Clifton
My Dream About God
Self Portrait
Page One
March/April 2017
P.O.P. series
Academy of American Poets
2017

The Poetry Coalition Takes Flight

by
Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
News and Trends
March/April 2017
2.15.17

Twenty poetry organizations from across the United States have joined forces to enhance the visibility of poetry and its growing popularity and cultural impact, beginning with a monthlong, nationwide suite of programs investigating the relationship between poetry and migration called “Because We Come From Everything.”

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poetry

Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin

by
Staff
News and Trends
March/April 2017
2.15.17

With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One offers the first lines of a dozen recently released books, including Afaa Michael Weaver’s Spirit Boxing, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees, and Patricia Smith’s Incendiary Art, for a glimpse into the worlds of these new and noteworthy titles.

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fiction | Page One

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