Write Persona Poetry for Fresh Perspective

Saturday, March 28, 10am-2pm CT, in-person at Gemini Ink
Nonmember: $100; Member: $85; Student/Educ/Mil $70
*EARN CPEs; TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Are you a writer searching for a new perspective? Persona poems–written in another person’s voice or from their point of view–offer a way to slip into someone else’s skin, converse with those who have passed, or see the world through another’s eyes. 

In this one-day generative workshop, participants will learn about persona, call-and-response dialogue, epistolary techniques, and how to apply these to our own writing. We’ll then create our own narrative poems that shift perspective, get into someone else’s head, and/or engage with ancestors, historical figures, etc. Students will be invited to share work and receive feedback.

Participants are encouraged to bring their lunch. This workshop is open to writers of all skill levels 18+. 

Workshop participants will leave with the following:

• Techniques for shifting into someone else’s perspective
• At least one persona poem 
• Feedback on your poems and ideas on where to submit your work

Leticia Urieta (she/her) is Tejana writer from Austin, TX. Leticia is a graduate of Agnes Scott College with a BA in English/Creative Writing and holds an MFA in Fiction writing from Texas State University. She works as a teaching artist for adults and youth and offers a variety of workshops for all ages.

Leticia writes across several genres, including poetry, comics, speculative fiction and horror. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lumina, The Offing, Kweli Journal, Medium, Electric Lit, Uncharted Magazine and others. Her chapbook, The Monster was published in 2018 from LibroMobile Press. Her hybrid collection, Las Criaturas, from FlowerSong Press was a finalist for the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction 2022 from the Texas Institute of Letters and a finalist for the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Short Story Collections. Leticia’s dark fiction collection, The Remedy is the Disease, is forthcoming in 2026 from Undertaker Books. Leticia loves her husband and dogs who are terrible work distractions. Despite all that, she is fueled by sushi, horror movies, and pug videos on Instagram.