Writing Toward Environmental Healing (VIRTUAL)
If you have ever seen a sapling grow out of the trunk of a tree, then you know that it’s possible to behold the new, the reborn, while also beholding what was lost, the site of ruin from which it has emerged. In this generative cross-genre workshop, we will explore the ways that poems, stories, and essays can bear witness to environmental ruin while also engendering a sense of hope and solace for both the writer and reader. We might even call this a kind of healing.
If you want to be inspired and inspire others with your writing on this topic, look no further. There is nothing more precious than the living world, no matter how far along it is in becoming dismantled. In this workshop, we’re going to capture that on the page. We’re going to behold both tree stump and sapling. All genres, all levels welcome.
Christopher Kondrich is the author of Valuing, selected by Jericho Brown as a winner of the National Poetry Series, by Library Journal as a Best Poetry Book of 2019, and as a finalist for The Believer Book Award in Poetry; and of the book-length poem Contrapuntal. His poetry and essays appear widely in such venues as the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, The Believer, Harvard Review, The Kenyon Review, New England Review, The Paris Review, and Poetry Northwest, and his work has been recognized with an Iowa Review Award, The Paris-American Reading Series Prize, and three Pushcart Prize nominations. He has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the I-Park Foundation, the University of Denver, and Columbia University. He also teaches creative writing at George Washington University and is an associate editor for 32 Poems. Find him at christopherkondrich.com.
Sliding Scale for Virtual Workshop
Virtual Weeklong Workshop with Christopher Kondrich July 11-17, 2022
We’re excited to welcome writers back to an in-person Summer Fishtrap this year, however, we know that for many of you, making the trip to Wallowa Lake may not be an option. For that reason, Fishtrap is offering a virtual Summer Fishtrap weeklong workshop this July. We’re happy to offer this workshop on a sliding scale. Please pay what you can based on the options outlined below.
Full registration: $895
Sliding Scale: $150 – $999
*Take the discount as you need; pay what you can to participate in this weeklong workshop from whatever location you choose.
**Pay near the middle of the sliding scale if you don’t see yourself at the top or bottom of the scale and the full cost would prevent you from attending.
***Please pay the true cost if you do not need the discount.
****If you have the means to pay it forward and support making classes available to all income levels, please include a donation beyond the true cost of the workshop.