This workshop is a celebration and study of the life and work of Reuben Jackson who mentored generations of writers and taught at The Writer’s Center for over a decade. During the course of five sessions together, we will write vignettes about our interactions with this top-shelf teacher, poet, and jazz scholar. In addition, we will carefully read his poetry and use them as generative prompts to create new work. We will culminate this workshop at The Writer’s Center in a public reading/celebration to honor Mr. Jackson and keep his literary legacy alive on October 4.
About Abdul Ali
Abdul Ali is a poet, teacher, and nonprofit consultant. He is the author of Trouble Sleeping, his debut collection of poems that won the 2014 New Issues Poetry Book Prize and is the current Editor-at-Large of Pleiades. He has published his poems in numerous journals and publications including Copper Nickel, Plume, and Transition. He has taught writing at MICA, Johns Hopkins University, and Howard University. More about him at abdulali.net. Follow him on social media at @abdulalism.
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