BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//chax - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://chax.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for chax REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250731T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250828T193000 DTSTAMP:20250708T170503Z CREATED:20250708T170213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T170503Z UID:1703-1753983000-1756409400@chax.org SUMMARY:Poems of Resistance\, Rebellion\, & Revolution: Zoom Online Attendance DESCRIPTION:POEMS of\nResistance\, Rebellion\, & Revolution \nA meditation / enhancement / POETRY Workshop focusing on poems\, from ancient times to the\npresent\, that examine and confront issues of their time. Each session will include reading\, listening\,\nquiet meditation\, writing\, and sharing/discussion. \nInstructor: Charles Alexander\, author of 7 books and 13 chapbooks of poetry\, professor of literature\, creative writing\, and writing\, at various institutions\, and some independent of all institutions\, for 45 years\, and director of Chax Press\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to innovative poetry\, poetics\, and book making. \nThursdays\, July 31 to August 28\, 5:30-7:30pm at City Council Ward 3 Office Meeting room\, 1510 E Grant Rd\, Tucson. \nAlso Thursdays via ZOOM! You will receive the URL to connect after you register and pay for the Zoom sessions. \n$125 requested contribution to Chax Press Inc. Payment to be made online. The payment will be considered a donation toward the mission of Chax Press Inc.\, part of which is to offer educational programs\, including this class. \nMeditation because we will have silent moments of meditation after and sometimes during periods of poems being read aloud\, for contemplation.\nEnhancement because the course is intended to enhance your engagement with the possibilities of writing poetry. In each class we will write for a period of time\, and whether you write poetry\, notes\, commentary\, or what-you-will\, you are encouraged to share that writing in open discussion.\nDiscussions will include talk about the poems we feature each week\, plus sharing & discussion of the work of course participants. \nFeatured poems will include Classical Chinese poetry\, poems by Sappho\, Percy Shelley\, June Jordan\, Adrienne Rich\, Alice Notley\, Haki Madhubuti\, Paul Celan\, and more. We encourage slow and long exposure to the poem\, thus we will not discuss more than one or two poems per class session. URL:https://chax.org/event/poems-of-resistance-rebellion-revolution-zoom-online-attendance/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Poetry Course,writing workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NoKings-e1751129978800.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250731T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250828T193000 DTSTAMP:20250806T195935Z CREATED:20250628T171003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T195935Z UID:1688-1753983000-1756409400@chax.org SUMMARY:POEMS of Resistance\, Rebellion\, & Revolution: In-person Attendance DESCRIPTION:POEMS of\nResistance\, Rebellion\, & Revolution \nA meditation / enhancement / POETRY Workshop focusing on poems\, from ancient times to the\npresent\, that examine and confront issues of their time. Each session will include reading\, listening\,\nquiet meditation\, writing\, and sharing/discussion. \nInstructor: Charles Alexander\, author of 7 books and 13 chapbooks of poetry\, professor of literature\, creative writing\, and writing\, at various institutions\, and some independent of all institutions\, for 45 years\, and director of Chax Press\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to innovative poetry\, poetics\, and book making.  \nThursdays\, July 31 to August 28\, 5:30-7:30pm at City Council Ward 3 Office Meeting room\, 1510 E Grant Rd\, Tucson. \n$125 for the whole\, or $25 per session\, requested contribution to Chax Press Inc. Payment may be made online or directly to instructor\, but must be made outside of regular class sessions. The payment will be considered a donation toward the mission of Chax Press Inc. \nMeditation because we will have silent moments of meditation after and sometimes during periods of poems being read aloud\, for contemplation.\nEnhancement because the course is intended to enhance your engagement with the possibilities of writing poetry. In each class we will write for a period of time\, and whether you write poetry\, notes\, commentary\, or what-you-will\, you are encouraged to share that writing in open discussion.\nDiscussions will include talk about the poems we feature each week\, plus sharing & discussion of the work of course participants. \nFeatured poems will include Classical Chinese poetry\, poems by Sappho\, Percy Shelley\, June Jordan\, Adrienne Rich\, Alice Notley\, Haki Madhubuti\, Paul Celan\, and more. We encourage slow and long exposure to the poem\, thus we will not discuss more than one or two poems per class session. URL:https://chax.org/event/poems-of-resistance-rebellion-revolution/ LOCATION:Ward 3 Meeting Room\, 1510 E Grant Rd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Course,writing workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NoKings-e1751129978800.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250731T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250828T170000 DTSTAMP:20250806T200828Z CREATED:20250806T200828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T200828Z UID:1705-1753948800-1756400400@chax.org SUMMARY:Poems of Resistance\, Rebellion\, & Revolution: Register/Pay Per Session DESCRIPTION:Choose this option if you want to pay $25 per session for registration. \nPlease refer to the other descriptions of this workshop for more information. \nIf you wish to purchase more than one session\, but less than the entire course\, please visit our Chax Support page\, choose the “Donate Now” link under “Donation to Support All Chax Programs\,” and then make a contribution of 25 times the number of sessions you wish to attend\, i.e. 25 x 2 = $50\, 25 x 3 = $75\, etc. \nYour support to our educational program is much appreciated. URL:https://chax.org/event/poems-of-resistance-rebellion-revolution-register-pay-per-session/ LOCATION:Ward 3 Meeting Room\, 1510 E Grant Rd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NoKings-e1751129978800.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250411T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250411T193000 DTSTAMP:20250107T185820Z CREATED:20250107T185657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T185820Z UID:1549-1744390800-1744399800@chax.org SUMMARY:Big Fire Poetry: Session Seven. Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Session Seven: Writing Workshop \nCharles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet\, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry\, but brought new visions\, new methodologies\, new ideas to poetry. That is\, a major poet or “Big Fire” poet changes the field in which she or he works. This class offers 7 sessions (mostly at 2-week intervals) on such poets\, beginning with an overview of the entire course.\nPoets studied will include William Blake\, Emily Dickinson\, William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\, Ezra Pound\, William Carlos Williams\, and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). A second version of this course\, to be offered in late spring/summer 2025\, will concern the works of Charles Olson\, Robert Duncan\, Louis Zukofsky\, Barbara Guest\, Frank O’Hara\, Ron Silliman\, Susan Howe\, Harryette Mullen\, Lyn Hejinian\, and Myung Mi Kim.\nThe course will be taught by Charles Alexander\, poet/artist/essayist\, who has lectured on these poets at many conferences that have occurred in the USA\, Mexico\, China\, Canada\, and the United Kingdom. His own work exists in 7 books of poetry and 13 shorter chapbooks of poetry. He has taught courses on poetry in colleges and universities\, and independently\, for more than 40 years. For those interested\, the last session of this course will be a writing workshop. The sessions on various poets will consist of lecture\, readings\, and discussion\, with some film/video showings. \nEACH SESSION: $30\, or $175 for all sessions\n1. January 17\, 5pm until 7pm: Course Overview\n2. February 1\, 5pm until 7pm: William Blake\, the Prophetic Books; Blake as Poet\, Printer/Engraver/Visual Artist\n3. February 7\, 5pm until 7pm: Emily Dickinson\, Loading and Living With\n4. February 28\, 5pm until 7pmn: Printing\, Poetry & Goblins: William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\n5. March 7\, 5pm until 7pm: To America\, Making it New: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams\n6. April 4\, 5pm until 7pm: Seeing Through Things: H.D.\, Trilogy & Helen in Egypt\n7. April 11\, 5pm until 7:30pm: Writing Workshop: Influence\, Impact\, Transformation URL:https://chax.org/event/big-fire-poetry-session-seven-writing-workshop/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Course,writing workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_1550-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250404T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250404T190000 DTSTAMP:20250107T185045Z CREATED:20250107T185045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T185045Z UID:1546-1743786000-1743793200@chax.org SUMMARY:BIG FIRE POETRY: Session Six\, Seeing Through. H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) DESCRIPTION:Session Six: Hilda Doolittle \nCharles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet\, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry\, but brought new visions\, new methodologies\, new ideas to poetry. That is\, a major poet or “Big Fire” poet changes the field in which she or he works. This class offers 7 sessions (mostly at 2-week intervals) on such poets\, beginning with an overview of the entire course.\nPoets studied will include William Blake\, Emily Dickinson\, William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\, Ezra Pound\, William Carlos Williams\, and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). A second version of this course\, to be offered in late spring/summer 2025\, will concern the works of Charles Olson\, Robert Duncan\, Louis Zukofsky\, Barbara Guest\, Frank O’Hara\, Ron Silliman\, Susan Howe\, Harryette Mullen\, Lyn Hejinian\, and Myung Mi Kim.\nThe course will be taught by Charles Alexander\, poet/artist/essayist\, who has lectured on these poets at many conferences that have occurred in the USA\, Mexico\, China\, Canada\, and the United Kingdom. His own work exists in 7 books of poetry and 13 shorter chapbooks of poetry. He has taught courses on poetry in colleges and universities\, and independently\, for more than 40 years. For those interested\, the last session of this course will be a writing workshop. The sessions on various poets will consist of lecture\, readings\, and discussion\, with some film/video showings. \nEACH SESSION: $30\, or $175 for all sessions\n1. January 17\, 5pm until 7pm: Course Overview\n2. February 1\, 5pm until 7pm: William Blake\, the Prophetic Books; Blake as Poet\, Printer/Engraver/Visual Artist\n3. February 7\, 5pm until 7pm: Emily Dickinson\, Loading and Living With\n4. February 28\, 5pm until 7pmn: Printing\, Poetry & Goblins: William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\n5. March 7\, 5pm until 7pm: To America\, Making it New: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams\n6. April 4\, 5pm until 7pm: Seeing Through Things: H.D.\, Trilogy & Helen in Egypt\n7. April 11\, 5pm until 7:30pm: Writing Workshop: Influence\, Impact\, Transformation URL:https://chax.org/event/big-fire-poetry-session-six-seeing-through-h-d-hilda-doolittle/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Course ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/chartingscover_edited.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250307T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250307T190000 DTSTAMP:20250107T184326Z CREATED:20250107T184326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T184326Z UID:1543-1741366800-1741374000@chax.org SUMMARY:BIG FIRE POETRY: Session Five. Make it New America. Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams DESCRIPTION:Session Five: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams \nCharles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet\, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry\, but brought new visions\, new methodologies\, new ideas to poetry. That is\, a major poet or “Big Fire” poet changes the field in which she or he works. This class offers 7 sessions (mostly at 2-week intervals) on such poets\, beginning with an overview of the entire course.\nPoets studied will include William Blake\, Emily Dickinson\, William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\, Ezra Pound\, William Carlos Williams\, and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). A second version of this course\, to be offered in late spring/summer 2025\, will concern the works of Charles Olson\, Robert Duncan\, Louis Zukofsky\, Barbara Guest\, Frank O’Hara\, Ron Silliman\, Susan Howe\, Harryette Mullen\, Lyn Hejinian\, and Myung Mi Kim.\nThe course will be taught by Charles Alexander\, poet/artist/essayist\, who has lectured on these poets at many conferences that have occurred in the USA\, Mexico\, China\, Canada\, and the United Kingdom. His own work exists in 7 books of poetry and 13 shorter chapbooks of poetry. He has taught courses on poetry in colleges and universities\, and independently\, for more than 40 years. For those interested\, the last session of this course will be a writing workshop. The sessions on various poets will consist of lecture\, readings\, and discussion\, with some film/video showings. \nEACH SESSION: $30\, or $175 for all sessions\n1. January 17\, 5pm until 7pm: Course Overview\n2. February 1\, 5pm until 7pm: William Blake\, the Prophetic Books; Blake as Poet\, Printer/Engraver/Visual Artist\n3. February 7\, 5pm until 7pm: Emily Dickinson\, Loading and Living With\n4. February 28\, 5pm until 7pmn: Printing\, Poetry & Goblins: William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\n5. March 7\, 5pm until 7pm: To America\, Making it New: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams\n6. April 4\, 5pm until 7pm: Seeing Through Things: H.D.\, Trilogy & Helen in Egypt\n7. April 11\, 5pm until 7:30pm: Writing Workshop: Influence\, Impact\, Transformation URL:https://chax.org/event/big-fire-poetry-session-five-make-it-new-america-ezra-pound-william-carlos-williams/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Course ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/04-individuals.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250228T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250228T190000 DTSTAMP:20250107T191244Z CREATED:20250107T181557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T191244Z UID:1540-1740762000-1740769200@chax.org SUMMARY:Big Fire Poetry: Session Four\, William Morris & Christina Rosetti DESCRIPTION:Session Four: William Morris & Christina Rosetti \nCharles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet\, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry\, but brought new visions\, new methodologies\, new ideas to poetry. That is\, a major poet or “Big Fire” poet changes the field in which she or he works. This class offers 7 sessions (mostly at 2-week intervals) on such poets\, beginning with an overview of the entire course.\nPoets studied will include William Blake\, Emily Dickinson\, William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\, Ezra Pound\, William Carlos Williams\, and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). A second version of this course\, to be offered in late spring/summer 2025\, will concern the works of Charles Olson\, Robert Duncan\, Louis Zukofsky\, Barbara Guest\, Frank O’Hara\, Ron Silliman\, Susan Howe\, Harryette Mullen\, Lyn Hejinian\, and Myung Mi Kim.\nThe course will be taught by Charles Alexander\, poet/artist/essayist\, who has lectured on these poets at many conferences that have occurred in the USA\, Mexico\, China\, Canada\, and the United Kingdom. His own work exists in 7 books of poetry and 13 shorter chapbooks of poetry. He has taught courses on poetry in colleges and universities\, and independently\, for more than 40 years. For those interested\, the last session of this course will be a writing workshop. The sessions on various poets will consist of lecture\, readings\, and discussion\, with some film/video showings. \nEACH SESSION: $30\, or $175 for all sessions\n1. January 17\, 5pm until 7pm: Course Overview\n2. February 1\, 5pm until 7pm: William Blake\, the Prophetic Books; Blake as Poet\, Printer/Engraver/Visual Artist\n3. February 7\, 5pm until 7pm: Emily Dickinson\, Loading and Living With\n4. February 28\, 5pm until 7pmn: Printing\, Poetry & Goblins: William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\n5. March 7\, 5pm until 7pm: To America\, Making it New: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams\n6. April 4\, 5pm until 7pm: Seeing Through Things: H.D.\, Trilogy & Helen in Egypt\n7. April 11\, 5pm until 7:30pm: Writing Workshop: Influence\, Impact\, Transformation URL:https://chax.org/event/big-fire-poetry-session-four-william-morris-christina-rosetti/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Course ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/goblinmarket.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250207T190000 DTSTAMP:20250107T180902Z CREATED:20250107T180902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T180902Z UID:1537-1738947600-1738954800@chax.org SUMMARY:Big Fire Poetry: Session Three. Emily Dickinson DESCRIPTION:Session Three: Emily Dickinson \nCharles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet\, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry\, but brought new visions\, new methodologies\, new ideas to poetry. That is\, a major poet or “Big Fire” poet changes the field in which she or he works. This class offers 7 sessions (mostly at 2-week intervals) on such poets\, beginning with an overview of the entire course.\nPoets studied will include William Blake\, Emily Dickinson\, William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\, Ezra Pound\, William Carlos Williams\, and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). A second version of this course\, to be offered in late spring/summer 2025\, will concern the works of Charles Olson\, Robert Duncan\, Louis Zukofsky\, Barbara Guest\, Frank O’Hara\, Ron Silliman\, Susan Howe\, Harryette Mullen\, Lyn Hejinian\, and Myung Mi Kim.\nThe course will be taught by Charles Alexander\, poet/artist/essayist\, who has lectured on these poets at many conferences that have occurred in the USA\, Mexico\, China\, Canada\, and the United Kingdom. His own work exists in 7 books of poetry and 13 shorter chapbooks of poetry. He has taught courses on poetry in colleges and universities\, and independently\, for more than 40 years. For those interested\, the last session of this course will be a writing workshop. The sessions on various poets will consist of lecture\, readings\, and discussion\, with some film/video showings. \nEACH SESSION: $30\, or $175 for all sessions\n1. January 17\, 5pm until 7pm: Course Overview\n2. February 1\, 5pm until 7pm: William Blake\, the Prophetic Books; Blake as Poet\, Printer/Engraver/Visual Artist\n3. February 7\, 5pm until 7pm: Emily Dickinson\, Loading and Living With\n4. February 28\, 5pm until 7pmn: Printing\, Poetry & Goblins: William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\n5. March 7\, 5pm until 7pm: To America\, Making it New: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams\n6. April 4\, 5pm until 7pm: Seeing Through Things: H.D.\, Trilogy & Helen in Egypt\n7. April 11\, 5pm until 7:30pm: Writing Workshop: Influence\, Impact\, Transformation URL:https://chax.org/event/big-fire-poetry-session-three-emily-dickinson/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Course ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/safdieGreekpic02.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250201T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250201T190000 DTSTAMP:20250107T180340Z CREATED:20250107T180340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T180340Z UID:1534-1738429200-1738436400@chax.org SUMMARY:BIG FIRE POETRY: Session Two. William Blake DESCRIPTION:Session Two: William Blake \nCharles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet\, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry\, but brought new visions\, new methodologies\, new ideas to poetry. That is\, a major poet or “Big Fire” poet changes the field in which she or he works. This class offers 7 sessions (mostly at 2-week intervals) on such poets\, beginning with an overview of the entire course.\nPoets studied will include William Blake\, Emily Dickinson\, William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\, Ezra Pound\, William Carlos Williams\, and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). A second version of this course\, to be offered in late spring/summer 2025\, will concern the works of Charles Olson\, Robert Duncan\, Louis Zukofsky\, Barbara Guest\, Frank O’Hara\, Ron Silliman\, Susan Howe\, Harryette Mullen\, Lyn Hejinian\, and Myung Mi Kim.\nThe course will be taught by Charles Alexander\, poet/artist/essayist\, who has lectured on these poets at many conferences that have occurred in the USA\, Mexico\, China\, Canada\, and the United Kingdom. His own work exists in 7 books of poetry and 13 shorter chapbooks of poetry. He has taught courses on poetry in colleges and universities\, and independently\, for more than 40 years. For those interested\, the last session of this course will be a writing workshop. The sessions on various poets will consist of lecture\, readings\, and discussion\, with some film/video showings. \nEACH SESSION: $30\, or $175 for all sessions\n1. January 17\, 5pm until 7pm: Course Overview\n2. February 1\, 5pm until 7pm: William Blake\, the Prophetic Books; Blake as Poet\, Printer/Engraver/Visual Artist\n3. February 7\, 5pm until 7pm: Emily Dickinson\, Loading and Living With\n4. February 28\, 5pm until 7pmn: Printing\, Poetry & Goblins: William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\n5. March 7\, 5pm until 7pm: To America\, Making it New: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams\n6. April 4\, 5pm until 7pm: Seeing Through Things: H.D.\, Trilogy & Helen in Egypt\n7. April 11\, 5pm until 7:30pm: Writing Workshop: Influence\, Impact\, Transformation URL:https://chax.org/event/big-fire-poetry-session-two-william-blake/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/15.-Care.png ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250117T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250411T193000 DTSTAMP:20250121T154204Z CREATED:20250107T173516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T154204Z UID:1525-1737133200-1744399800@chax.org SUMMARY:BIG FIRE POETRY: COMPLETE course. Poetry & Poetics DESCRIPTION:Now just six sessions remain. If you register for all six\, you receive a $30 discount\, and pay just $150. \nCharles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet\, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry\, but brought new visions\, new methodologies\, new ideas to poetry. That is\, a major poet or “Big Fire” poet changes the field in which she or he works. This class offers 7 sessions (mostly at 2-week intervals) on such poets\, beginning with an overview of the entire course.\nPoets studied will include William Blake\, Emily Dickinson\, William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\, Ezra Pound\, William Carlos Williams\, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)\, Charles Olson\, Robert Duncan\, Louis Zukofsky\, Barbara Guest\, Frank O’Hara\, Ron Silliman\, Susan Howe\, Harryette Mullen\, Lyn Hejinian\, Myung Mi Kim.\nThe course will be taught by Charles Alexander\, poet/artist/essayist\, who has lectured on these poets at many conferences that have occurred in the USA\, Mexico\, China\, Canada\, and the United Kingdom. His own work exists in 7 books of poetry and 13 shorter chapbooks of poetry. He has taught courses on poetry in colleges and universities\, and independently\, for more than 40 years. For those interested\, the last session of this course will be a writing workshop. The sessions on various poets will consist of lecture\, readings\, and discussion\, with some film/video showings. \nEACH SESSION: $30\, or $150 for all remaining sessions.\n1. January 17\, 5pm until 7pm: Course Overview (THIS SESSION HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE)\n2. February 1\, 5pm until 7pm: William Blake\, the Prophetic Books; Blake as Poet\, Printer/Engraver/Visual Artist\n3. February 7\, 5pm until 7pm: Emily Dickinson\, Loading and Living With\n4. February 28\, 5pm until 7pmn: Printing\, Poetry & Goblins: William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\n5. March 7\, 5pm until 7pm: To America\, Making it New: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams\n6. April 4\, 5pm until 7pm: Seeing Through Things: H.D.\, Trilogy & Helen in Egypt\n7. April 11\, 5pm until 7:30pm: Writing Workshop: Influence\, Impact\, Transformation URL:https://chax.org/event/big-fire-complete/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2019-09-21-20.10.16-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250117T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250117T170000 DTSTAMP:20250107T175656Z CREATED:20250107T175550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T175656Z UID:1530-1737133200-1737133200@chax.org SUMMARY:BIG FIRE POETRY & Poetics: Session One DESCRIPTION:Session One: Overview \nCharles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet\, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry\, but brought new visions\, new methodologies\, new ideas to poetry. That is\, a major poet or “Big Fire” poet changes the field in which she or he works. This class offers 7 sessions (mostly at 2-week intervals) on such poets\, beginning with an overview of the entire course.\nPoets studied will include William Blake\, Emily Dickinson\, William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\, Ezra Pound\, William Carlos Williams\, and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). A second version of this course\, to be offered in late spring/summer 2025\, will concern the works of Charles Olson\, Robert Duncan\, Louis Zukofsky\, Barbara Guest\, Frank O’Hara\, Ron Silliman\, Susan Howe\, Harryette Mullen\, Lyn Hejinian\, and Myung Mi Kim.\nThe course will be taught by Charles Alexander\, poet/artist/essayist\, who has lectured on these poets at many conferences that have occurred in the USA\, Mexico\, China\, Canada\, and the United Kingdom. His own work exists in 7 books of poetry and 13 shorter chapbooks of poetry. He has taught courses on poetry in colleges and universities\, and independently\, for more than 40 years. For those interested\, the last session of this course will be a writing workshop. The sessions on various poets will consist of lecture\, readings\, and discussion\, with some film/video showings. \nEACH SESSION: $30\, or $175 for all sessions\n1. January 17\, 5pm until 7pm: Course Overview\n2. February 1\, 5pm until 7pm: William Blake\, the Prophetic Books; Blake as Poet\, Printer/Engraver/Visual Artist\n3. February 7\, 5pm until 7pm: Emily Dickinson\, Loading and Living With\n4. February 28\, 5pm until 7pmn: Printing\, Poetry & Goblins: William Morris\, Christina Rosetti\n5. March 7\, 5pm until 7pm: To America\, Making it New: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams\n6. April 4\, 5pm until 7pm: Seeing Through Things: H.D.\, Trilogy & Helen in Egypt\n7. April 11\, 5pm until 7:30pm: Writing Workshop: Influence\, Impact\, Transformation URL:https://chax.org/event/big-fire-poetry-poetics-session-one/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/leavescoverspd2-334x334-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20241103T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20241103T160000 DTSTAMP:20241029T142641Z CREATED:20241028T212932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T142641Z UID:1459-1730642400-1730649600@chax.org SUMMARY:Poetry & Conversation: Cynthia Hogue\, David Abel\, Maryrose Larkin\, Charles Alexander DESCRIPTION:CHAX STUDIO \nThis is the first of our Chax Studio events\, which\, as we continue\, will include poetry readings\, workshops in writing and in the making of books\, letterpress printing lessons\, poets’ talks and artists’ talks\, and more. \nChax Press is also open for private lessons\, tutorials\, editing sessions\, and more activities to serve poets\, other presses\, and those who might want to pursue such work in their lives. \nPlease email chaxpress@chax.org to inquire.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Abel is a poet and editor\, and the proprietor of Passages Bookshop in Portland\, Oregon. His publications include Equifinality (Crane’s Bill)\, XIV Eclipses (Couch Press)\, Carrier (Redfoxpress) and the artist’s book Selected Durations (Black Rock Press)\, as well as Black Valentine and Float\, both from Chax Press; the coming year should see several new books\, including After the Frontier: Selected Early Propositions (Himal Press) and Sweep: volume I from Chax. Among other curatorial projects\, he organized the exhibition Chax Press: Publishing Poetics for the Pacific NW College of Art\, and Object Poems for 23 Sandy Gallery. He is a founding member of the Spare Room reading series in Portland\, now in its twenty-third year\, and he and fellow Spare-Roomer Sam Lohmann will soon be reviving their Airfoil chapbook series.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Charles Alexander (born 1954) is an American poet\, publisher\, and book artist. He is the director and editor-in-chief of Chax Press. Alexander also served as the Director of the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts from 1993 until 1995\, and as book artist there through 1996. Alexander lives in Tucson\, AZ with his wife the visual artist Cynthia Miller and his two daughters. In 2006 he received the Arizona Arts Award[1] and in 2021 he received the Lord Nose Award[2] for lifetime excellence in independent literary publishing. Alexander’s books of poetry include Hopeful Buildings (Chax Press\, 1990)\, arc of light | dark matter (Segue Books\, 1992)\, Pushing Water: parts one through six (Standing Stones Press\, Morris\, MN\, 1998)\, Pushing Water: part seven (Chax Press\, Tucson)\, Four Ninety Eight to Seven (Meow Press\, 1996)\, Etudes: D & D (Quarry Press\, 1997)\, near or random acts (Singing Horse Press\, 2004)\, Certain Slants (Junction Press\, 2007)\, Pushing Water (Cuneiform Press\, 2012)\, AT the Edge OF the Sea: Pushing Water II (Singing Horse Press\, 2018)\, Time Being (Chax\, 2023)\, and 13 chapbooks or fine letterpress books.. He is also the editor of Talking the Boundless Book. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cynthia Hogue’s numerous collections of poetry include In June the Labyrinth (2017)\, Revenance (2014)\, Or Consequence (2010)\, Flux (2002)\, and Touchwood (1979). Hogue is the author of the critical volume Scheming Women: Poetry\, Privilege\, and the Politics of Subjectivity (1995). She edited The Sword Went Out to Sea (Synthesis of a Dream) by Delia Alton\, by H.D. (2007\, first edition coedited with Julie Vandivere)\, Innovative Women Poets: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry and Interviews (2006\, coedited with Elisabeth Frost)\, and We Who Love to Be Astonished: Experimental Women’s Writing and Performance Poetics (2001\, coedited with Laura Hinton). Hogue collaborated on the interview-based volume of poetry and photographs When the Water Came: Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina (2010) with photographer Rebecca Ross. She received the Academy of American Poets’ Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for her co-translation of Virginie Lalucq and Jean-Luc Nancy’s Fortino Sámano\, or The Overflowing of the Poem (2012). Hogue’s additional honors include a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts\, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fulbright Foundation\, and the H.D. Fellowship at Yale University’s Beinecke Library and the Witter Bynner Translation Residency Fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute. She has served on the faculty of the MFA programs at the University of New Orleans\, Bucknell University (where she directed the Stadler Center for Poetry)\, and Arizona State University. Hogue lives in Tucson.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Maryrose Larkin lives in Tucson\, where she works as a freelance researcher. She is the author of Inverse (nine muses books\, 2006)\, Whimsy Daybook 2007 (FLASH+CARD\, 2006)\, The Book of Ocean (i.e. press\, 2007)\, DARC (FLASH+CARD\, 2009) and The name of this intersection is frost (Shearsman Books\, 2010) Marrowing (Airfoil\, 2010) and The Identification of Ghosts (Chax\, 2013). Maryrose was a founder of Spare Room\, a Portland-based writing collective\, and is co-editor\, with Sarah Mangold\, of FLASH+CARD\, a chapbook and ephemera poetry press. Maryrose received her MFA from Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School of Art. She keeps her friends close and her muses closer. URL:https://chax.org/event/poetry-conversation-cynthia-hogue-david-abel-maryrose-larkin-charles-alexander/ LOCATION:326 Gallery\, 326 S Wilmot Rd Building A\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85711\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240605T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240626T150000 DTSTAMP:20241027T233816Z CREATED:20240508T103854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241027T233816Z UID:1361-1717592400-1719414000@chax.org SUMMARY:CHAX Ecopoetry with Mary Newell DESCRIPTION:CHAX Writing Ecopoetry with Mary Newell\nThis four-week workshop will engage you in writing ecopoetry\, poetry that engages with ecological concerns. We will consider how elements of poetics can interleave with scientific\, historical\, or topical information to provide richly textured poetry that honors the more-than-human world. We will read and discuss some exemplary poetry to discover methodologies to apply to your own writing. The variety of prompts offered will allow you ample choice of topics and approaches. This workshop will stimulate you in articulating in verse your sensory and affective responses to this crucial moment in planetary history. \nClass Structure: \nThe class website will contain all recommended reading; participants’ writing and feedback\, and general discussions.  In addition\, those available can participate in a weekly Zoom on Wednesdays from 1 to 3 pm ET. [See time converter if you are in a different time zone.]\nOption 1: Weekly zoom sessions with craft talks on a particular aspect of “ecopoetics\,” discussion of assigned reading\, and some workshopping your writing\, supplemental to written exchanges on the class website.\nOption 2: Asynchronous\, weekly posting of assignments\, giving and receiving feedback through the class website; watching recorded zooms; receiving additional written feedback. \nPlease indicate which option when you enroll\, or email Mary Newell at mnewell4@gmail.com with your option. \nQuestions about the course: Please email Mary Newell at mnewell4@gmail.com. \nMary Newell authored the poetry chapbooks Re-SURGE and TILT/ HOVER/ VEER\, poems in journals and anthologies\, and essays including “When Poetry Rivers” (Interim journal 38.3). She is co-editor of Poetics for the More-than-Human-World: An Anthology of Poetry and Commentary and the Routledge Companion to Ecopoetics. Newell teaches creative writing at the University of Connecticut\, Stamford. She is an ardent gardener of pollinator-friendly plants. \nhttps://manitoulive.wixsite.com/maryn \nHer recent discussion of ecopoetics for the Brooklyn Rail:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIIp-pbuSjM  URL:https://chax.org/event/chax-ecopoetry-with-mary-newell/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:writing workshop ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T150000 DTSTAMP:20230702T233250Z CREATED:20230630T233825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230702T233250Z UID:1092-1692190800-1692198000@chax.org SUMMARY:Ecopoetics Writing Workshop with Mary Newell DESCRIPTION:Write Ecopoetry in July and / or August! \nJoin a group of engaged writers to post writing and receive feedback from other workshop participants and from Mary Newell\, ecologically oriented poet and creative writing professor.  Asynchronous posting throughout the month\, followed by a zoom on July 26 (or by recording).  Extensive online resources provided. Query at mnewell4@gmail.com. URL:https://chax.org/event/ecopoetics-writing-workshop-with-mary-newell-2/ LOCATION:AZ CATEGORIES:writing workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/leaf-float-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230726T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230726T150000 DTSTAMP:20230702T233123Z CREATED:20230630T232256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230702T233123Z UID:1085-1690376400-1690383600@chax.org SUMMARY:Ecopoetics Writing Workshop with Mary Newell DESCRIPTION:Write Ecopoetry in July and / or August! \nJoin a group of engaged writers to post writing and receive feedback from other workshop participants and from Mary Newell\, ecologically oriented poet and creative writing professor.  Asynchronous posting throughout the month\, followed by a zoom on July 26 (or by recording).  Extensive online resources provided. Query at mnewell4@gmail.com. URL:https://chax.org/event/ecopoetics-writing-workshop-with-mary-newell/ LOCATION:AZ CATEGORIES:writing workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/leaf-float-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230723T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230730T160000 DTSTAMP:20230614T061008Z CREATED:20230604T214627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230614T061008Z UID:880-1690117200-1690732800@chax.org SUMMARY:Building Books: 4 Basic Structures DESCRIPTION:Building Books: 4 Basic Structures\nInstructor: Charles Alexander\, 40-plus years of book making\, publishing\, editorial\, arts\, and literary work.\n$150 for two sessions\, July 23 and 30\, 1pm to 4pm \nOnline course with demos in 4 basic book structures\, with workshop time for students to follow the demos and make their own books. The book types are\n1. Basic Chapbook/Pamphlet\, Sewn (no adhesive)\n2. Side-slit Japanese style multi-section book\, Sewn (no adhesive)\n3. Leporello style accordion book (some adhesive use)\n4. Coptic Stitch multi-section book\, Sewn (no adhesive) \nOnline Zoom link information will be sent to registered students in advance.\nSupply list will be sent to registered students in advance\, with suggestions as to where to find supplies. URL:https://chax.org/event/building-books-4-basic-structures/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:bookarts workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chax.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/web-indismall-300x242-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chax Press":MAILTO:chaxpress@chax.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR