Pop Goes the Poem!
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The first price increase on Gate Passes is on Wednesday, March 4! Purchase your tickets by Tuesday, March 3 to get the current and lowest rate.
The first price increase on Gate Passes is on Wednesday, March 4! Purchase your tickets by Tuesday, March 3 to get the current and lowest rate.
Description
Instructor
This playful, subversive workshop bursts with pop culture references, shameless product placement, and strategic profanity. Participants generate poems and prose that remix ads, memes, music, movies, and brands into sharp, witty, emotionally charged work. Through readings, discussion, and revision, writers explore voice, satire, critique, and pleasure, discovering how contemporary culture can energize language and imagery while still delivering craft, intention, and impact—encouraging bold experimentation and creative risk-taking.
Stephanie Ginese
Stephanie Ginese is an author, instructor, and stand-up comedian from South Lorain, Ohio. Her literary work has been featured in Las Palabritas Journal at Harvard University, The Pinch Journal at the University of Memphis, Cleveland Review of Books, and elsewhere. Her debut collection of poetry, Unto Dogs, was released in July of 2022 on Grieveland. She is a 2023 Cleveland Arts Prize winner and a 2024 Creative Impact Fund awardee. Currently, she lives in Cleveland with her two children. She can be found at www.sginese.com or on Sundays at Dunlap’s Corner Bar where she co-hosts the Con Tú Variety Show.