Sun, Apr 07
|Virtual Workshop
Monster Mash: Towards a Poetics of Radical Monsterhood
In this workshop, we’ll explore the work of poets who have reinvented and repurposed classic monster narratives for their own radical ends.


Time & Location
Apr 07, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CDT
Virtual Workshop
About the event
What are we saying when we call something a “monster?” The word itself is
thought to come from the Latin word monstrare, meaning 'to demonstrate'. In this sense, a
monster is quite literally demonstrative—it reveals a deeper truth about a society that unsettles or
challenges its dominant narratives. The monster is an inverted mirror exposing our warped
perceptions, anxieties, and social values. As a result, monstrosity has been applied to dehumanize
and vilify perceived Others based on race, gender, ability, and other socio-cultural factors. At the
same time, monsterhood offers a powerful means by which we might reject and work beyond the
violence of forces like white supremacy, patriarchy, ableism, or heteronormativity.
In this workshop, we’ll explore the work of poets who have reinvented and repurposed classic monster
narratives for their own radical ends. We’ll craft poems that write against as well as through the
tropes and values embodied by our favorite creatures to reach a poetics or self-determination and
liberation.
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