Provisional Schedule & Conference Activities
Tuesday June 20 |
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Wednesday June 21 |
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Thursday June 22 |
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Friday June 23 |
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Saturday June 24 |
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Sunday June 25 |
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Activity Descriptions
Breakfast
- Meditation or spiritual practice during breakfast
- Morning prayers given and explained/expounded upon
- Writing Prompt: Creating your own prayers for different occasions of the day (waking, eating breakfast, being in company for the first time)
Morning workshops
- Each writing faculty will offer the same workshop each morning
- Workshops will be generative, allowing all participants to find something of value
- Participants will be divided into three groups to rotate through each workshop
Some possible topics for afternoon craft/subject talks and discussion panels
- Introduction to specific Jewish poet or type of poetry
- Considerations when trying to publish poetry grounded in religion and spirituality
- Opportunities for Jewish poets (Followed by extended Q&A)
- Study of a specific text (biblical and/or literary)
- What’s Jewish about Jewish poetry?
- Writing contemporary Midrash
- Exilic studies
- Writing the Holocaust
- Divine gender (i.e. addresses to Adonai vs. Elohim vs. Shekinah, etc.)
- Writing trauma (personal and generational)
- Jewish poetry in translation/Translation as a Jewish act
- The Jewish vernacular(s)
- Uses of humor
Wednesday & Thursday off-campus dinners
- Outreach will be done to local Asheville restaurants and vendors to offer discounts to Yetzirah participants
Readings
- All readings open to public and advertised in both secular and Jewish local channels
- Wednesday and Thursday readings given by conference faculty
- Friday reading to feature interested participants
- Each night:
- 3 short readings by fellows
- 2 established poets
- 1 workshop faculty