Written Women is a monthly writers salon at Cordelia, inviting you to respond to poems, stories and myths written by and about women.
Each month, we'll read and discuss a different text to inspire our own free-write session, drawing from women's stories of power, madness, sensuality, tragedy, queerness, and insubordination. Time will be set aside at the end of each meetup for folks to share excerpts of what they've written.
This February, we’ll delve into a selection of works by early 20th century Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, whose relentless individualism and pursuit of creative and intellectual freedom has been perpetually misconstrued. Erotic, desperate, contradictory and notoriously difficult to translate, we’ll refer to both her poetry and life story to ask ourselves whether we write to be understood, or if it is enough to be unabashedly, vulnerably, or even violently true.
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Written Women is led by poet, movement artist and facilitator Katya Borkov. You can learn more about her work at www.everythingspills.studio, or on instagram @everything.spills
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.