poet = teacher = poet

Join poets & educators Alison Lubar (@theoriginalalison) and Taylor Alyson Lewis (@blackboipoet) for a 2 hr. generative workshop that breaks the limitations of the teacher/student and poem/reader binaries. We’ll consider how poems are teachers, as well as the way that poets are both teachers and students. Finally, we’ll discover how poetry can give us answers to our silliest and deepest questions. Participants of all experiences are welcome, and can expect to walk away with some new work that they’ve created both on their own and in a community setting. Come see what’s possible when we trust our own inner teachers and become students of each other!

$10-25 sliding scale

~Saturday, June 7, 3-5 pm

~Free parking across the street or around the corner on Susquehanna

~Accessibility info: One half-step at entrance; bathroom is not wheelchair accessible

~Masks optional

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS:

Alison Lubar (they/themme) teaches high school English by day and yoga by night. They are a queer, nonbinary, mixed-race femme whose life work has evolved into bringing mindfulness practices to young people. Their poetry collection, The Other Tree, was the recipient of Harbor Editions’ 2024 Laureate Prize. They’re the author of four chapbooks: Philosophers Know Nothing About Love (Thirty West, 2022), queer feast (Bottlecap Press, 2022), sweet euphemism (CLASH!, 2023), and It Skips a Generation (Stanchion, 2023), as well as one full-length, METAMOURPHOSIS (fifth wheel press, 2024). Find out more at http://www.alisonlubar.com/ or on Twitter @theoriginalison.

Taylor Alyson Lewis is a poet and high school English teacher living in Philadelphia. Taylor has received fellowships to support his writing from Lambda Literary, Fine Arts Work Center, and Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, where he was awarded the Queer Writer Fellowship in Prose.

ABOUT SMALL WORKS:

Founded in December 2023, the Philadelphia Small Works Gallery organizes and hosts exhibitions, workshops, readings, and performances by Philly-based artists. We're a space for artists who build community through work that reveals our obsessions, resists oppression, and celebrates our complex connections. Follow us on Instagram at @smallworksphilly.

Sponsored by , a hub for Philly writers. Find us on Instagram and YouTube: @Bluestoopphl .

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