The Ampersand Review March Writing Series

Cassidy McFadzean will lead us in a two-hour poetry workshop titled Lists and Litanies. From anaphora and incantations to unconventional gratitude lists, grocery lists, bucket lists, and more, this workshop will uncover inventive methods of writing poetry using rhythm and anaphora, as well as personal memories and the material of daily life inspired by Joe Brainard’s long poem “I Remember.” We’ll have time for 2-3 in-class exercises stemming from the readings, as well as additional prompts to take home.  Participants should bring a notebook and something to write with.

Cassidy McFadzean is the author of three books of poetry: Crying Dress (House of Anansi, 2024), Drolleries (McClelland & Stewart 2019), shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, and Hacker Packer (M&S 2015), winner of two Saskatchewan Book Awards and finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Joyland, The Walrus, Hazlitt, and Dead Writers (Invisible Publishing, 2024). Her chapbook Third State of Being (Gaspereau Press, 2022) was a finalist for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. Cassidy was born in Regina, and currently lives in Toronto.

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