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A generative poetry workshop for writers ready to deepen their voice.
Develop 4 new poems
Acc generative prompts tailored to voice
Receive meaningful group feedback
Build a weekly writing rhythm
Lifetime access • Start anytime • Write at your own pace
Instant access to all writing prompts, exercises, and lessons — work at your own pace, anytime, from anywhere. Explore generative exercises, craft techniques, and guided prompts designed to spark new poems and deepen your voice.
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash
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MFA, Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Jo Pitkin is a native of the Hudson Valley. She earned a BA in Creative Writing and Literature from Kirkland College—one of the first undergraduate creative writing degrees in the United States—and an MFA in Poetry from the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. She is the author of a chapbook, The Measure (Finishing Line Press, 2007), and four full-length books—Cradle of the American Circus: Poems from Somers, New York (The History Press, 2012); Commonplace Invasions (Salmon Poetry, 2014); Rendering (Salmon Poetry, 2017); and Village: Recession (Salmon Poetry, 2020). She is also the editor of the anthology Lost Orchard: Prose and Poetry from the Kirkland College Community (SUNY Press, 2014).
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