Posts By: Natasha Hakimi Zapata

How to: Feedback, Originality & Ownership in Poetry Workshops

Expert Poetry Tutor Natasha Hakimi Zapata unpacks the poetry workshop.

Posted in Blog 7 months ago by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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The Poem That Travelled the World

Sometimes a poem has the freedom to travel from mouth to mouth, page to page, screen to screen, and arrive at places the poet has neither been to or even imagined. This is the case with Warsan Shire’s poem ‘Home’, one of the poems we will explore in the upcoming course ‘The bravest people on…

Posted in Blog 5 years ago by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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The Convergence of Languages in Latinx Poetry

One of the elements that makes Latinx poetry so rich is the many cultures that come together in a single poem. The convergence of cultures can take on many forms, and for Latinx poets, who come from a wide range of backgrounds, the results are endlessly varied. In the forthcoming Poem(a)s Studio: Reading Contemporary Latinx…

Posted in Courses 6 years ago by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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