#  English CDB. Poetry Workshop 

 



Instructor: [Reginald Dwayne Betts](https://www.dwaynebetts.com/)  
Section 1  
Monday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD  
Section 2  
Monday, 6:00-8:45pm | Location: TBD  
*Enrollment: Limited to 12 students*

This workshop will be an exploration into the ways that poets in the past have reckoned in print with the personal and the public, while also provided students with a fundamental understanding of what the public/private dichotomy is, as seen through the works of James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Yusef Komunyakaa, Lucille Clifton, Jack Gilbert and others, with the ultimate goal being to produce a body of work of their own that is aware of both its referents and singularities. Students will be expected to produce drafts on a weekly basis.

**Supplemental Application Information:** Please submit a portfolio including a letter of interest, up to ten poems, and a list of classes (taken at Harvard or elsewhere) that seem to have bearing on your enterprise.  
  
[Apply via Submittable](https://harvardcw.submittable.com/submit) (deadline: 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, November 10)



 



 

 See also:- [ 2024-25 ](/academic-year/2024-25)
- [ Poetry ](/course-topic/poetry)
- [ Creative Writing Workshops ](/course-type/1-creative-writing-workshops)
- [ Course ](/page-type/course)
- [ Spring 2025 ](/term/spring)