{"title": "Yawp 11.13.26", "start": "2026-11-13T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Poets", "address": "144 Montague St, Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "9.68", "price_to": "15.68", "tickets_url": "https://events.brooklynpoets.org/events/brooklynpoets/2073358", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "Yawp 11.13.26 is a poetry workshop with a featured reading at Brooklyn Poets. It is led by Jaz Sufi, a queer Iranian-American poet and arts educator who wrote Catalog of Shadows and is a National Poetry Slam finalist. The workshop is about turning a poem into a time machine, traveling backward into memory, forward into possibility and sideways into imagined worlds. Participants will discuss ways of revisiting past experiences and imagine different endings to their stories.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/yawp-111326-51665/", "official_url": "https://brooklynpoets.org/events/all/yawp-111326", "image": "https://noky.io/images/14a2d6a78dfdd8f62beeeb71fd2ff468e49afc72e8cb6f0aabecc02e25db5ed4-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Poets", "address": "144 Montague St, Brooklyn", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Intensive: Some People Like Poetry: Writing Like a Reader with Edward Hirsch", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Poets House", "address": "River Terrace 10, 10282", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A two-day in-person craft class and generative workshop on reading and writing poetry. 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It is run by Brooklyn Poets, whose faculty staff create the prompts, which vary week to week and explore various themes and forms. Participants can use the prompts or bring their own work, and there is no instruction or critique. 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The bestselling author and meditator discusses his year-long guide to self-awareness and inner peace, structured around the four elements of fire, air, earth, and water. The conversation is moderated by Terri Cole, an author and licensed psychotherapist. The event takes place on the 6th Floor of The Strand Building, with doors opening half an hour before the start.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/yung-pueblo-terri-cole-journey-86951/", "official_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yung-pueblo-terri-cole-journey-tickets-1992069418255", "image": "https://noky.io/images/193acae744d6390121aecde3d3068e3a6af68934ee461166fc0ee4ba3a710a90-2000.webp"}, {"title": "For Educators | Teaching with Artist Books", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "El Museo Del Barrio", "address": "5th Avenue 1230, 10029 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/bookbinding", "art"], "description": "A full-day professional learning workshop for educators on teaching with artist books. El Museo Del Barrio hosts the event, which combines gallery experiences, hands-on bookmaking, and practical classroom applications. 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