Sunday Workshop: Derrick Austin
February 14, 2027 @ 1:30 pm
This workshop will be held in-person at High Low.
In conjunction with our February Observable Readings, Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to welcome poet Derrick Austin for the February Sunday Workshop! This will be a generative workshop.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
GENERATIVE WORKSHOP
Details forthcoming.
GUIDELINES & REGISTRATION
Please note: this workshop is limited to 15 participants. Registration is required, and is first-come, first-served.
- Registration is due by Wednesday, February 10
- This is a generative workshop in which participants will draft & revise their own poems
- No poem submissions will be accepted for this event
- Poets will not review manuscripts or provide feedback ahead of time
- Those registering are expected to attend the workshop
To register, email:
sunday.workshop@stlouispoetrycenter.org
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 10, 2026
ABOUT THE POET
DERRICK AUSTIN is a poet and art writer. He is the author of three poetry collections: This Elegance (Boa Editions 2026); Tenderness (Boa Editions, 2021), winner of the 2020 Isabella Gardner Poetry Award; and Trouble the Water (Boa Editions, 2016), selected by Mary Szybist for the A. Poulin Jr, Poetry Prize. He has had poems and essays commissioned by The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, The New Museum, Craft Contemporary, The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, The Brick (formerly LAXART), The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. He lives in Chicago.
VENUE
The Sunday Workshop series is supported in part by:
