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 June, we’ll read the intimate, eco-sapphic poetry of Angelina Weld Grimké, an early figure of the Harlem Renaissance best known for her pioneering work as a playwright.
As a majority of Grimké’s poetry remained unpublished during her lifetime, we’ll consider what it means to trouble through incomplete narratives to understand a writer’s life and legacy. In an attempt to symbolically re-trace Grimké’s footsteps, we’ll explore themes of worship, deviance, and desire, writing towards an erotic freedom to be found in darkness, invisibility, and secret.
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.