Line/Break: An Intensive Poetry Editing Workshop

Line/Break is an exploration of the relationship between your choices on the page & their landings on the hearts, minds & mouths of readers. Across 4+ hours, participants will be guided through the various functions at the disposal of poets when considering how a piece sits on a page, and specifically,

where the poet chooses to stop you

-r attention, and encourage you to think.

You'll learn about common practices and not only analyze, but actively rework and reimagine select pieces of poetry to help you apply these tactics to your own work. All participants will be asked to bring at least one poem of theirs that they are interested in preparing for a page -- whether on web or in print -- which we will work on collaboratively with the group.
A full agenda, preporatory and optional readings, and more will be with each participant by the beginning of November to prepare for an engaging, connecting, and fruitful Sunday.
About the facilitators:

Arielle Cottingham is a Queer Afro-Latine poet, editor, performance artist, and educator Arielle Cottingham toured four continents in five years, giving performances and teaching workshops across North America, Australia, Europe, and Asia. Their work explores the fluidity of intersectional identities, and it has appeared in multiple literary journals both in print and online. Notable performances include Glastonbury, 48H Neukölln, the Alley Theatre, the Museum of Old & New Art (MONA), and the Sydney Opera House, where they won the title of Australian National Poetry Slam Champion in 2016. They are currently based in Berlin, where they regularly host Berlin Spoken Word: currently the longest running all-language open mic in the city.
(Matt(hew) )Brooks is an event producer, musician and poet grown in Chicago. Only having shared this work publicly once arriving to Berlin in 2021, Brooks now hosts a monthly open mic in Kiez Wedding and is the founder of FLORETS: A Magazine for Young Poetics releasing annual volumes to uplift previously unpublished writers. He specialize in abstract works, "doting on the desire of the waxing poetic, inviting the reader on a quest of geometry and tracing the symmetric mirroring of paths taken." (Kat Ripea, Editor-In-Chief, FLORETS).

Host or Publisher Matt Brooks