Object Based Poetry Workshop with Timothy Donnelly at the Merrill House

A unique opportunity to gather in the Merrill Apartment for a poetry writing workshop inspired by Merrill’s objects with poet and Columbia University writing program professor, Timothy Donnelly.We will read and discuss a number of poems that engage with specific objects and then experiment with writing our own object-based poems inspired by items at the James Merrill House.

 “The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real.”

 —Simone Weil

 TIMOTHY DONNELLY  has published four collections of poetry. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere, including the Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies. A professor in the writing program at Columbia University, he’s received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Lannan Foundation, and New York State’s Writers Institute.

 *Please note, the apartment is located on the third floor and is only accessible by stairs.