Splendor: Trans Poets — A Writing Workshop with Samuel Ace

This workshop is free and takes place at Charis Books & More (184 S. Candler St. Decatur, GA 30030). Register to confirm your spot as spaces are limited – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/splendor-trans-poets-a-writing-workshop-with-samuel-ace-tickets-1996018531158?aff=oddtdtcreator
PLEASE NOTE: This will be an intimate class with a small group of students. If you register and are unable to attend, please release your ticket so that someone else can register.
Charis welcomes Samuel Ace for Splendor: Trans Poets, a writing workshop in celebration of SPLENDOR: TRANS POETS, published by Two Lines Press.
About the workshop:
it’s not a question of becoming something else*
Or is it? In this generative two hour workshop, we will explore the borders of our lives by looking at selections from trans and gender non-conforming poets, and employing their words as prompts for our own writing. No prior writing experience necessary!
*from Luka Holmegaard’s “The Ocean in Your Mouth,” translated from the Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell, included in Splendor: Trans Poets, a new anthology published by Two Lines Press.
What to expect:
– This class is exclusively for trans & gender non-conforming writers. Please do not register for this class if you are not trans/ gender non-conforming. No prior writing experience necessary!
– Attendees will have the opportunity to build community with other trans writers in Atlanta
– Attendees of this class are invited to join as readers for our monthly open mic on Wednesday, September 16th at 7:30pm ET
– All attendees will receive $25 for their participation
About Samuel Ace
Samuel Ace is a trans/genderqueer writer and sound artist. His latest books are I want to start by saying (Cleveland State University Poetry Center 2024), Our Weather Our Sea (Black Radish 2019), and Meet Me There: Normal Sex & Home in three days. Don’t wash. (Belladonna* 2019). Ace is the recipient of the Astraea Lesbian Writer Award and the Firecracker Alternative Book Award in Poetry, as well as a repeat finalist for both the Lambda Literary Award and the National Poetry Series. Recent work can be found in Personal Best: Makers on Their Poems that Matter Most, Essential Queer Voices of U.S. Poetry, Fence, BathHouse, The Texas Review, Poetry, We Want it All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetry, Best American Experimental Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies.
Charis Books is a fully wheelchair accessible space with on site van accessible parking, two ramps, and additional overflow accessible parking nearby. Additional accessibility information can be found on the Accessibility page of our website. Please contact us at info@chariscircle.org or 404-524-0304 if you would like ASL interpretation at this event. If you have any questions or need to request specific accessibility accommodations, please contact info@charisbooksandmore.com or call the store at 404-524-0304.
By attending our event, you agree to our Code of Conduct: Our event seeks to provide a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), class, or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment in any form. Unsolicited sexual language and imagery are not appropriate. Anyone violating these rules will be expelled from this event and all future events at the discretion of the organizers. Please report all harassment to Charis staff immediately or email info@chariscircle.org.