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Poetry Responding to Music

Join CD Eskilson to learn more about the relationship between music & poetry!

From the ancient oral traditions of bards to contemporary spoken word artists, poetry has maintained a close relationship to the world of music. Additionally, poets have also been inspired by songs and written in response to the music around them. This generative poetry workshop will examine how poets today use music as the first step in the writing process. Participants will craft poems and listen to music in order to take their writing into new and unexpected directions.

About CD Eskilson

CD Eskilson is a trans poet, editor, and translator. They are a recipient of the C.D. Wright/Academy of American Poets Prize, as well as a Best of the Net, Best New Poets, and Pushcart Prize nominee. Their debut poetry collection, Scream / Queen, is forthcoming from Acre Books in 2025. They’re currently an MFA candidate at the University of Arkansas where they've received the Walton Family Fellowship in Poetry, the James T. Whitehead Award in Poetry, and the Lily Peter Fellowship in Translation.

CD is assistant poetry editor for Split Lip Magazine and a member of the editorial board for Exposition Review, where they were previously poetry editor. For two years, they served as the Series Coordinator for the Open Mouth Literary Center where they developed and facilitated monthly poetry workshops and readings. They have also run independent writing workshops on poetic craft and form for small groups, as well as been a presenter at the Association of Writing Programs (AWP).

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