Stephanie Niu

Poetry Workshops

Zoom transcript from "Dreaming Toward Transformation" at Oregon Poetry Association's annual conference. October 2022.

I teach generative poetry workshops ranging from 60-90 minutes for adults with little or no experience with poetry. I am available to teach “Woke Up With,” a generative workshop on dream imagery (details below), or to create a custom workshop for a particular audience or topic.

To request a workshop or reading, or to learn more, please reach out to niustephanie@gmail.com

Past Workshops

Workshop participants discussing the class packet and writing poems from dream language at Yu & Me Books in Manhattan's Chinatown.

"Woke Up With."
Yu & Me Books, Manhattan.

June 2022. 90 minutes, ~20 attendees

What can a dream do? In a space unbounded by the logic of the waking world, how might dreams push us to imagine reality differently, and possibly even transform it? In this 90-minute generative workshop, we will dive into the imagery and language of our own dreams, prompted by selected work from Stephanie Niu, Dana Levin, and Brendan Constantine. Participants will emerge with a poem or reflection of their own and a deeper consideration of the dream’s sister question: what can a poem do?

"Dreaming Toward Transformation."
Oregon Poetry Association Annual Conference, virtual.

October 2022. 60 minutes, ~25 attendees.

What can a dream do? In a space unbounded by the logic of the waking world, how might dreams push us to imagine reality differently and even transform it? In this 60-minute generative workshop, we will dive into the imagery and language of dreams, prompted by selected work from Dana Levin and Brendan Constantine, and discuss the role of dreams in transforming a world filled with the realities of war and gun violence. Participants will emerge with a poem or reflection of their own and a deeper consideration of the dream’s sister question: what can a poem do?