A Multigenre Workshop
Sunday, January 25, 10 AM to 12 PM
In her NYT-bestselling book of essays and award-winning poems, Aimee Nezhukumatathil often explores the natural world, including whale sharks, fireflies, eels, dragonfruit, catalpas, monsoons, humans, and so much more. Beginning with Nezhukumatathil ‘s work as inspiration, participants in this workshop will be given some ways to explore their own astonishments and curiosities related to the world around us and how we move through it. Writers of any and all backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome!
This FREE workshop is a collaboration between the Camden Festival of Poetry and the MWPA. There will be ten of these workshops, each led by a different writer and happening during the winter and spring in locations around the state and on Zoom. Aimee Nezhukumatathil will be the keynote speaker at the Camden Festival of Poetry on May 12-16, 2026.
Free! Registration is required.
Laura Poppick’s Strata was published by W.W. Norton in 2025 and melds creative nonfiction, journalistic reportage, and personal narrative to bring our planet’s geologic history to life. Pulitzer Prize-winner Ed Yong notes "Strata…left me with a profound appreciation of our world, and the sheer amount of history upon which we stand." Poppick is an environmental writer and journalist with stories that have appeared in Smithsonian, Scientific American, National Geographic, Audubon, and elsewhere. She has a B.S. in geology from Bates College and a graduate degree in Science Communication from UC Santa Cruz. She has taught science writing at Bates College, Inside Climate News’ Institute for Environmental Journalism, The Telling Room, and elsewhere. She lives in Portland.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Application Due two weeks prior to the workshop start date, at 9:00 a.m.
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