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"Hauntings: Making Space in our Writings for What Disturbs or Terrifies"Particular themes, images, stories, and/or longings stalk us. They keep us up at night, calling our names. They want something from us and will not let go until we promise to bring them into the light of day. Until we give them the time and attention they are asking for—listening to their voices and carrying them forward in a way that honors the complexity they bear. These hauntings are unique to each writer, and coming into relationship with them through language is essential for our work in the world. In this two hour workshop, we will explore the things we have been avoiding, using courage, curiosity, inspiration from other writers, prompts, and more. As we begin to turn toward what has been pursuing us, we will find more power, depth, and vitality in our work.
Teacher Bio:
April Tierney is a poet, craftswoman, mother, and lover of stories. Her work follows threads of ecopoetics, myth, culture, and lineage. She is the author of four full length collections of poetry, including Matter/Mother (Wayfarer Books, 2024). She has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and featured in Orion Magazine, Deep Times: A Journal of the Work that Reconnects, Clarion Poetry Magazine, Real Ground Journal and elsewhere. April also guides writing circles online and in-person for adults and kids. She lives in Lyons with her husband, young daughter, mischievous dog, and wide web of kin. To learn more, visit www.apriltierney.com.
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Beyond Academia Free Skool (BAFS) offers 100% FREE Peer-to-Peer Poetry Education and Community for the People! We invite you to join us for our monthly Second Sunday Poetry Class at Boulder Public Library.
2nd Sundays is Sponsored by the Boulder Community Arts Alliance
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[Where:] Arapahoe Room of the Boulder Public Library (Main Branch). This room is upstairs by the main stairwell!
[When:] 2:00-4:00. (Intros and Announcements between 2:00-2:15, then class officially gets started!)
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[Tuition]
BAFS events are always 100% free to attend!
Tax deductible donations can be made through our fiscal sponsor, Boulder County Arts Alliance! All donations go towards paying Poets to teach and perform in our free-to-the-public programs.
[Link to donate:]
https://www.bouldercountyarts.org/con.../beyond-academia-llc
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JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ACCESS AND INCLUSION
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Beyond Academia LLC Commitment to Justice, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion:
#Justice: Our mission to offer free to the public arts education is rooted in justice. The higher education system in the United States is deeply flawed, limiting the potential for diverse human capital in the arts, due to access barriers created by the high cost of tuition. Poetry is a tool which everyone deserves access to cultivating in their own voice. We strive to dismantle socioeconomic barriers to high quality arts education. In action, this looks like -
-- Advocating for free education.
-- Seeking needed funding to hire teachers for free to the public classes.
#Diversity: Poetry is the vehicle, through which we continuously arrive at a deeper awareness of the diversity of culture present within the intersectional identity of ourselves, others, and the group experience. In action this looks like -
-- Class participants representing a spectrum of lived experience and abilities.
#Equity: As we deepen our awareness and understanding of diversity, we must continually reflect on if our program practices are equitable, and adapt systems in place to ensure everyone receives what they need to participate in Beyond Academia programming. In action this looks like -
--Creating free educational spaces where anyone can be a student, regardless of socioeconomic status.
#Access: BAFS Programs will always be 100% free and open to the public. In action his looks like-
--Street Theatre Style poetry readings (free performances in public spaces)
-- Free to the public classes offered at the Boulder Public Library.
#Inclusion: We recognize that every student has a different story, and enters the classroom from a different starting point; we welcome all people, no one turned away. In action this looks like:
-- Socratic style classes that intentionally embed opportunities for civic dialogue
--an open door policy, come when you can and leave when you need to.
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