Posts By: Natasha Hakimi Zapata
Creative Voice and Receiving Critiques in Poetry Workshops
In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Natasha Hakimi Zapata on Creative Voice and Receiving Critiques. Can you discuss the emotional aspect of receiving feedback…
Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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…
Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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…
Natasha Hakimi Zapata