Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Meeting will take place in the Poetry Center's Alumni Room, Room 205; limit 12 students. General registration opens on Friday, December 12th at 10:00AM.
In this class, we will explore the history of two literary forms, emanating from different parts of the world: the sonnet and the ghazal. We will discuss their rules and evolution through the ages, and, in the ghazal’s case, across languages. We will read ghazals by Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Agha Shahid Ali, and Mimi Khalvati, and sonnets by Terrance Hayes, Hieu Minh Nguyen, and Carl Phillips. We will ask: What makes a sonnet a sonnet? What makes a ghazal a ghazal? How can the constraint of form liberate us, allowing for creative poetic leaps?
Cost:
$100
People:
2