Writing about Desire
Writing about Desire
At the Intersection of Femininity and Desire
A Zoom writing session by Hannah Bonner. Date: 7th December, 2024. Replays available for everyone who signs up. Timing: 10 am EST to 12 pm EST. Free for everyone in Wildflowers are Prayers Community.
Writing Desire in Confessional Poetry
In this session: At the Intersection of Femininity and Desire, Hannah Bonner will speak about the history of confessional poetry, desire, and harnessing your erotics to enrich your creative life. We'll look at examples from writers like Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Bonner's own work. Attendees will also be provided with writing exercises and craft essays to consult to help support new generative work.
Meet the Wonderful Poet, Hannah Bonner
Hannah Bonner is a graduate of the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa and a 2023-2024 National Book Critics Circle Emerging Fellow. Her film criticism and book reviews have been published, or are forthcoming, in Another Gaze, Cleveland Review of Books, Literary Hub, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Sewanee Review. She is the author of Another Woman (EastOver Press, 2024) and lives in Iowa.
You can buy Hannah’s new book, Another Woman here.
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