“To See What is Heard: Concretizing the Spiritual & the Abstract” with Yehoshua November

In this generative workshop, we will look at a Hasidic mystical text that explores the relationship between imagery and abstraction during the watershed moment when the Torah was received at Mount Sinai. Then, taking our cue from Hasidic mysticism and contemporary poetry, we will attempt to harness the dynamic interplay of imagery and abstraction as we work toward generating several new poems.

Workshop Dates & Cost

$36—standard registration
$30—18% discounted registration for Yetzirah Members (you can become a member here)

*As we want our offerings to be accessible to all, there is a pay-what-you-can option if this pricing is a hardship.

About Yehoshua

Yehoshua November is the author of God’s Optimism (a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), Two Worlds Exist (a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and the Paterson Poetry Prize), and The Concealment of Endless Light (Orison Books, 2024). His work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, The Sun, VQR, TriQuarterly, and on National Public Radio and Poetry Unbound. November teaches creative writing at Rutgers University and Touro University and serves as mashpia, spiritual mentor, at Chabad of Teaneck. Visit Yehoshua’s profile in our Discover Jewish Poets database.