Poetry Workshop with Quartez Harris

Presented by Black Worldschoolers 

Out of our experiences, poems can be made into reflections of our lives. Whether we realize it or not, our very worlds are poetic. In this interactive workshop, we will dream up figurative possibilities for language and describe our worlds back to us through surprising and unexpected metaphors and similes. If you are a beginner to writing poetry or familiar, this workshop is for you. 

Quartez Harris is a poet and a bestselling and award-winning author. He was named Ohio Poet of the Year for his poetry collection We Made it to School Alive. His picture book Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer is a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor and USA Today Bestseller. Quartez spent many years as a second grade teacher in the Cleveland public school system. He currently holds a creative writing Artist-in-Residence at Cleveland School of Arts where he teaches poetry and fiction craft workshops.