Interiors: Songs of Social Disruption, Isolation, and Interior Spaces

Enrollment Limited to Seven Participants: Register at Woodland Pattern: 414-263-5001

The recent COVID pandemic, with its long quarantines and repeated lockdowns, led to prolonged periods of isolation, thus creating major social disruptions. People were forced to stay behind closed doors and maintain personal contact mainly through computers and cellphones. We frequently heard stories of psychological and emotional distress, such as increased depression and anxiety, as well as domestic violence and prolonged forays into social media. For some, the isolation also created opportunities for profound reflection. A project created by Starwound, an alternative Anglophone band based in Athens, Greece, invites poets to interpret their own experiences based on the theme of “interiors” in poems that will be accompanied by music.

This workshop has three components:

1. Local poet and Professor Emerita of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Creative Writing Program, Brenda Cárdenas will lead participants in a generative workshop that involves reading and…