1. Breath and Boundary: Reclaiming Punctuation in Poetics Drawing from my own work and the poetics of Native poets and poets of color, this workshop explores the relationship between punctuation, pacing, and performance. Participants will examine how punctuation can be both a tool of colonial literacy and a site for reclamation, experimenting with ways to shape rhythm, silence, and breath on the page and in the body.

2. Arrived/Arriving: Native Literature Beyond the Renaissance This workshop challenges the “Native American Renaissance” framework and positions Native literature as a foundational part of American letters. Through close readings, discussion, and generative prompts, participants will explore how Indigenous writers expand the literary landscape and will create work in conversation with these legacies.

3. The Invisible Architecture of the Poem Every poem carries an unseen structure—its “invisible architecture”—that shapes the reader’s experience. In this generative workshop, participants will map the hidden frameworks of their own drafts and learn strategies to revise toward deeper resonance, clarity, and surprise.