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Workshops
At Abode, we believe offering affordable workshops and community events is important so all writers can have access to writing tools/techniques and much needed community engagement. We strive to create safe spaces for our staff, authors, and community members.
*By attending any events/workshops, please understand no forms of bigotry, racism, homophobia, transphobia, or other discriminatory acts will be permitted, and if acted upon, will result in your immediate removal from our spaces.
Upcoming Workshops
- Jun 07, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDTVirtual EventCome support and listen to the words of our virtual retreat attendees for an evening of poetry and prose! Friends and family are encouraged to attend.
Jun 10, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopThis workshop provides space for rest, connection, and worldbuilding through creative writing practice while centering Black knowledge production and ways of being as a lens of analysis of real world social and ecological justice issues
Jun 11, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopThrough this lecture we will look at theory and analyze craft as a way of writing towards what our body so desperately wants to reveal. We will explore these questions: How does one write poems that risk everything? How does one write poems towards a subject in an authentic way without diminishing v
Jun 13, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopWriter and scholar Marianne Hirsch defines ‘postmemory’ as the ‘relationship of the second generation to powerful, often traumatic, experiences that preceded their births but that were nevertheless transmitted to them so deeply as to seem to constitute memories in their own right.’
Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopThere needs to be an exciting incident in the first ten pages!’ ‘Nobody wants a book about the present moment—readers want escape!’
Jun 17, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopThe literary world relies heavily on ableist language to communicate. This workshop is designed to guide writers in expanding their capacity to communicate beyond reliance on overused phrases based in ableism.
Jun 18, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopDespite the fact that the oral recitation of poetry is an ancient art form (to paraphrase Saul Williams), spoken word and slam poetry are controversial topics in most rooms, even in rooms full of slam poets (who don’t all agree that that’s what we should be called). In this craft talk, Ariana Brown
Jun 20, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopMany writers live and write from places of tension where one thing is ending and another begins. This is the liminal space.
Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopRevision is the most crucial moment in our writing journey. It is also the most daunting and elusive of steps, often leaving us with more questions than answers. We know we want to make our work beautiful, poignant, and clear. But how do we get there?- Jun 24, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopFor many of us, writing is a product of community. We convene to grow both our bonds and our craft. It is in these spaces we encounter other writers with whom we resonate, feeling safe and witnessed.
Jun 27, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopIn nonfiction, in fiction, in poetry, there is a need for the narrator’s, the protagonist’s, the speaker’s deep interiority. How does the narrator think and information glean? How do they interact with their available memories?- Jun 27, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopA diverse group of panelists who write and teach around nature writing from within the imperial core will discuss how they address the intersections of environmental harm and warmaking in their writing.
Aug 15, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopIn an increasingly technologically-dependent world, letters remain a critical link between our incarcerated comrades and the outside world.
Oct 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CDTVirtual WorkshopWhat happens when we turn our attention to family and what our ancestors leave us? What is revealed when we reimagine shared history and that which we do not know?
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