Join us on Thursday, February, 19th, 2026 at 7 PM Eastern Time for a workshop with poet Maya Marshall! This workshop is held in partnership with Strathmore.
In this 90-minute generative workshop we’ll discuss the work of writers as it overlaps with the work of the activist. We’ll read the work of a political poet and discuss the poetics of protest and witness poems, then set about the good work of writing a poem to address an interior/exterior conflict.
This workshop will be recorded and a link to the recorded version is available for registered participants only. The recorded version is edited for participant privacy and focuses on the instructor’s lessons. Our partners at Strathmore want these workshops to be as accessible as possible, so they are priced as “pay what you can.” You will be prompted to enter an amount of your choice when you register. (If you are registering for free, please enter $0.) If you are able to pay for these workshops, every dollar goes to support Strathmore’s education programs.
NOTE: This is a fully online event. When you register, your ticket email from tickets@strathmore.org will include a seat number but remember that this is a virtual-only experience. The workshop takes place on Zoom, and you’ll receive the access link via email from strathmore@strathmore.org at approximately 4 PM Eastern Time on the day of the event. Click to view samples of the ticket email and the zoom link email for Strathmore events.
About the Facilitator
Maya Marshall is a poet, essayist, and editor. Winner of the Holmes National Poetry Prize, Marshall is the author of the poetry collection All the Blood Involved in Love. She co-founded underbelly, the journal on the practical magic of poetic revision.
Her writing is featured in numerous publications, including Prose for the People (Penguin Random House, 2025), American Poetry Review, the Rumpus, Prairie Schooner, Boston Review, Poets.org, Split This Rock, and Best New Poets.
A Cave Canem and MacDowell fellow, she is the editorial director of poetry at Haymarket Books. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Connect with the artist on Instagram @maya.marshall.16
