Poetics of Gratitude in Appalachia with Torli Bush

This beginner-friendly workshop will examine poems from Appalachian authors Nikki Giovanni, Frank X Walker, Tom Andrews, Irene McKinney, and Marc Harshman with a focus on elements of gratitude and place. Participants will also have time to generate their own work around these themes and share that work if they are interested. A key to sustaining ourselves in these times is finding gratitude in community and holding space for each other to share in that.

About the instructor:

Torli Bush is a poet from Webster Springs, WV. They hold a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University and a MFA in Creative Writing from West Virginia Wesleyan College. Torli is currently a poetry editor for Heartwood Literary Magazine and their work has appeared in K'in Literary Journal, Appalachian Lit, Callaloo, In the Shadow of the Mic: Three Decades of Slam Poetry in Pittsburgh, and Anthology of Appalachian Writers - Ann Pancake Volume XVI. A significant portion of their first collection Requiem for A Redbird, originally entitled American Psalms, was also named as a finalist in the 2023 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize from the University of Pittsburgh.

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