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SUMMARY:Thursdays on the Stoop: Poetry as Microhistory
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays on the Stoop is a series of free\, virtual skill sh
 ares led for and by writers in our community. With topics ranging from g
 enerative prompts to editing strategies\, these informal sessions are su
 re to shake up your Thursday routine. RSVP below to get the link. Who wr
 ites history? And what is our role in writing it? In this free\, hourlon
 g skill share with Raha Rafii\, participants will refine the understandi
 ng of themselves as the historian of their own lives through the medium 
 of poetry. Through a brief discussion of historical narrative and histor
 iography (the study of sources)\, reading of selected poems\, and writin
 g prompts\, participants will learn how to use poetry and other storytel
 ling traditions to preserve and highlight the aspects of their lives tha
 t create meaning for them. Writers of all genres are encouraged to atten
 d. Please familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct for online event
 s. RSVP Raha Rafii is an academic historian of Southwest Asia/North Afri
 ca\, and has published several academic articles on orientalism\, coloni
 alism\, and cultural heritage preservation. She first started writing po
 etry as a PhD student in Philadelphia through a workshop for women and n
 on-binary migrants/immigrants\, for which she co-edited a poetry antholo
 gy. She has also collaborated on poetry translations into English\, and 
 has had her creative non-fiction published in literary and academic jour
 nals. Raha currently works as a part-time university lecturer and higher
  ed labor organizer in New York. Posted In: Free events\n\nMore info: ht
 tps://bluestoop.org/events/thursdays-on-the-stoop-poetry-as-microhistory
 \n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/9fe637f0-1460-4e10-a767-9d09a6f0f8
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LOCATION:Blue Stoop\, 1300 W Girard Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA 19123
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/9fe637f0-1460-4e10-a767-9d09a6f0f8a
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