Feb 10-14
Online
Online Writing Week: Writing Relationships in Poetry
Wild and wondrous ways of writing love



Join Daniel Sluman as he interviews American poet, editor, translator, and professor Matthew Zapruder, as part of his 2025 virtual residency with Arvon. Daniel will be asking Matthew about his creative process, his influences, and how he has approached his writing at different stages throughout his career.
Matthew Zapruder is the author of I Love Hearing Your Dreams (Scribner, 2024), and five previous collections of poetry, including Father’s Day, Sun Bear, and Come on All You Ghosts, as well as Why Poetry (Ecco/Harper Collins) and Story of a Poem (Unnamed). He is editor at large at Wave Books, where he edits contemporary poetry, prose, and translations. From 2016-17 he held the annually rotating position of Editor of the Poetry Column for the New York Times Magazine, and was the Guest Editor for Best American Poetry 2022. He teaches in the MFA in creative writing at Saint Mary’s College of California.
Join us from the comfort of your sofa and listen to writers share their work, the stories behind their work, and invaluable writing advice directly from their desk (or maybe the kitchen table). And the best part? At the end, you get to ask them questions about their words, pick their brains on craft, and learn more about the business of writing. This session will be delivered via Zoom webinar, so you can take the session at your own pace, without the pressure of having your video or camera on. Sessions are also recorded so if you are unable to attend live, you will have access to the recording for a month afterwards.
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Matthew Zapruder is the author of I Love Hearing Your Dreams (Scribner, 2024), and five previous collections of poetry,…
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Daniel Sluman is a 38-year-old poet and disability rights activist. He co-edited the first major UK Disability poetry anthology Stairs…
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I feel much more confident about short stories now! In such a short time I feel I was given such a great overview and the reader/tutor was so generous with their feedback and knowledge.— How I Write participant
Very lovely. It had an intimate feeling despite it being a Zoom event and all of us being in different places.— How I Write participant
"What a brilliant reading. It was intimate and moving and very listener friendly. I loved it and will be back for more."— How I Write Participant