Making Sense of Experiences: Writing to Understand the Self with Aisha Sharif

How do we begin to write about our lives? How do we know which experiences shaped us and how can we connect those experiences to start our poem or essay? In this lecture, participants will be given an exercise that they can use to chart out the experiences of their lives. They will be shown how to see the connections and intersectionality at various points of their lives to unearth where the heart of their story lies.

Aisha Sharif is a Cave Canem fellow who earned her MFA at Indiana University, Bloomington and BA in English at Rhodes College. Her poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Tidal Basin Review, Callaloo, Calyx, Rattle and other literary journals. Her poems have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes in 2019 and 2015. Her first book poetry, “To Keep From Undressing,” was published by SparkWheel Press in 2019. Her 2nd book, “Black Diamonds,” was a finalist for the 2024 HubCity Press BIPOC Series.

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