Generative Workshop and Master Class: Writing Fabulism

In this master class and workshop, poets Kelli Russell Agodon and Melissa Studdard will in-depth explore fabulist.
About this Event

Note that this workshop starts at 2:30 PM CT.
In this workshop and master class, two poets, Kelli Russell Agodon and Melissa Studdard, will be exploring how they use fabulism as part of their own poetic practice - and how you can do the same. This workshop goes back on a Fabulism panel at AWP several years ago.

Kelli Russell Agodon is a bi/queer poet from the Pacific Northwest. Her book Accidental Devotions will be published by Copper Canyon Press in 2026. Her previous collection, Dialogues with Rising Tides, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards. Her work has appeared in the publications such as New York Times, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, APR, Harvard Review, and O, the Oprah Magazine. Kelli is the cofounder of Two Sylvias Press where she works as an editor and book cover designer. She also teaches at Pacific Lutheran University’s MFA program, the Rainier Writing Workshop. She is also the co-host of the poetry series Poems You Need with Melissa Studdard. www.agodon.com / www.twosylviaspress.com / www.youtube.com/@PoemsYouNeed

Melissa Studdard’s most recent book is the poetry collection Dear Selection Committee (Jackleg Press). Her work has been featured by PBS, NPR, The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, The Guardian, the Best American Poetry blog, and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day and has garnered awards such as The Penn Review Poetry Prize, the Poetry Society of America’s Lucille Medwick Award, the Tom Howard Award, and more. As a librettist/lyricist, she has had works commissioned by Aspen Music Festival, Wolf Trap, Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and the University of Michigan School of Music. With Kelli Russell Agodon, she co-hosts the Youtube poetry series Poems You Need. You can find her at:
www.melissastuddard.com and www.youtube.com/@PoemsYouNeed