Patrick Rosal was on our faculty in 2022. See this year’s faculty.

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Poetry Circus Special Guest Workshop
with Patrick Rosal

Poetry workshop in New Jersey
January 14-17, 2022
Led by Special Guest Patrick Rosal

*Limited to just 10 participants per session.*

Experienced poets participating in The Poetry Circus are invited to work with Patrick Rosal during one of their three group feedback sessions.

In your feedback session with Patrick, you will bring a poem in progress (30 line maximum) or a new poem written to the day’s assignment to be discussed with the group. As Patrick describes, “It’s like a birthday, which is just a date, until people come to bring gifts and tell stories.” Instead of a traditional critique session, Patrick will create an open space to elaborate on and celebrate each poem presented. You and your fellow participants will be invited to discuss, ask questions and do collaborative creative work to arrive at a deeper understanding of each poem.

How it works:

• There is a $95 surcharge for this group session, which is limited to 10 participants.
• Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to one session with Patrick per person.
• Note: The session with Patrick is not a one-on-one tutorial, but a group workshop with 10 participants.

During your other two feedback sessions, you will work with additional members of our talented faculty. Each has a unique and encouraging style, which will nurture your poetry in different ways.

Learn more about the Poetry Circus.

 

“A poem that I wrote at the Getaway a mere 2 weeks ago has just been accepted by Gargoyle, a Virginia journal. I only submitted it on Sunday and the editor, Richard Peabody, took it right away. I listened very carefully to the suggestions during the workshop, and spent time working on the revision. I’ve had several other Getaway poems published, but this is the soonest after a Getaway! I can’t tell you how much this good news has uplifted my spirits.”
~ Shirley, Baltimore, MD

 

Patrick Rosal

Patrick Rosal is a multidisciplinary artist and the author of five full-length poetry collections, including The Last Thing: New and Selected Poems, debuting in September 2021. His poems and essays have been widely published, appearing in The New York Times, Tin House, Poetry, American Poetry Review, Brevity, The Best American Poetry and more. He is the recipient of the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, as well as fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fulbright Research Scholar Program. He has taught at Princeton University, Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Texas at Austin, in addition to decades of work with youth, people of color and incarcerated populations. He currently serves as inaugural Co-director of the Mellon-funded Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers-Camden, where he is a Professor of English. Read a poem by Patrick and find out more on his website.