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A classroom of adults sitting at desks writing on paper or looking up at the instructor, presented with the Indiana Writer's Center logo of the silouette of a fountain pen on a red background.

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Generative Poetry Workshop

with Alessandra Lynch

2026-01-10 10:30:00 2026-01-10 12:00:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Generative Poetry Workshop This workshop can help poets of all levels of experience produce several poem drafts ignited by art, other poet's poems, and close observation. College Avenue Branch -

Saturday, January 10
10:30am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-01-10 10:30:00 2026-01-10 12:00:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Generative Poetry Workshop This workshop can help poets of all levels of experience produce several poem drafts ignited by art, other poet's poems, and close observation. College Avenue Branch -

This workshop can help poets of all levels of experience produce several poem drafts ignited by art, other poet's poems, and close observation.

This workshop is presented in partnership with the Indiana Writers Center. Check out other writing workshops at library branches this season!

And to get prepped, here are some book lists about writing and poetry!

Instructor Alessandra Lynch’s fifth book of poetry, Wish Ave, was published by Alice James Books in 2024. She is the author of four other poetry collections: Pretty Tripwire, Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment (winner of the Balcones Prize, finalist for the LA Times Book Award and the UNT Rilke Prize, listed as a NY Times top ten poetry books of 2017), It was a terrible cloud at twilight, and Sails the Wind Left Behind. Her work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, The New England Review, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and other journals. Alessandra has received residencies from MacDowell, Yaddo, the Lannan Foundation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Vermont Studio Center. She has been the recipient of a Barbara Deming Award and a Creative Renewal Fellowship Award. She has also been a featured blogger for the Poetry Foundation’s  Harriet Books. Currently, Alessandra serves as Butler University’s poet in residence where she teaches in the undergraduate and MFA programs.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Class/Workshop |

TAGS: | Writing Skills | Writing | Adults | #Adult |

College Avenue Branch

Phone: 317-275-4320

Hours
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Mon, Jun 15 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jun 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jun 17 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jun 18 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Jun 19 Closed
(Juneteenth)
Sat, Jun 20 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 21 Closed

About the branch

Established as the Broadway Branch in 1924, the library served the neighborhood from a frame house on E. 42nd Street until 1958 when a 6,500-square-foot facility opened on Broadway Street. This aging and overcrowded building was replaced in August 2000 with the current 16,000-square-foot structure on College Avenue that was renamed the College Avenue Branch.

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Mon, Jun 22, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

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