Redefining Ekphrastic Writing
Join Author Allison Blevins to learn about ekphrasis, the use of detailed descriptions of visual art as a literary device. In this workshop, you will read and discuss both traditional and modern examples of ekphrastic writing. Attendees will have the opportunity to practice several types of ekphrastic writing and will leave the workshop with concrete examples of how to utilize ekphrasis to generate work.
Allison Blevins
Instructor
Allison Blevins (she/her) is a queer disabled writer and the author of Where Will We Live if the House Burns Down?, Cataloguing Pain, Handbook for the Newly Disabled: A Lyric Memoir, Slowly/Suddenly, and six chapbooks. Winner of the 2024 Barthelme Prize, the 2023 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award, and the 2022 Laux/Millar Poetry Prize, Allison serves as the Publisher of Small Harbor Publishing and lives in Minnesota with her spouse and three children. allisonblevins.com
AL-B768-F1
Instructors:
- Allison Blevins
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 18th 2026 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Online Course |
| Sun, Oct 25th 2026 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Online Course |
| Sun, Nov 1st 2026 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Online Course |
| Sun, Nov 8th 2026 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Online Course |