Gatherings
This is a synchronous, participatory learning journey.
Our calls are not recorded. We know everyone will miss a call or two, and we will do our best to provide notes after each call.
See Who We Are to read more about our guests
2025-2026 Calendar
Remaining gatherings:
April 28, 2026, 6-7PM CT Reading and Conversation with Craig Santos Perez
May
May 5, 2026, 6-7:30PM CT Craft Workshop with Heather Swan
May 12, 2026, 6-7PM CT Reading and Conversation with Chip Blake
May 19, 2026, 6-8PM CT Final Reading and Celebration
2026-2027 Calendar
These dates are subject to change. All times are listed in Central Time.
October
October 20, 2026, 6:00-7:30PM CT Opening Call
October 27, 2026, 6:00-7:00PM CT Reading and Conversation with Krissy Kludt
November
November 3, 2026, 6:00-7:30PM CT Autumn Contemplative Workshop
November 10, 2026, 6:00-7:00 PM CT Craft Workshop with Felicia Zamora
November 17, 2026 6:00-7:00PM CT Reading and Conversation with Heather Swan
Listening Sessions (TBD in November-December)
December
December 8, 2026, 6:00-7:30PM CT Winter Contemplative Workshop
December 15, 2026, 6:00-7:00PM CT Reading and Interview with Haleh Liza Gafori
January
January 5, 2027 6:00-7:00PM CT Special Guest: David James Duncan
This event will be open to the public.
January 12, 2027, 12-1:30PM CT Craft Workshop with Kerri ní Dochartaigh*
*This session is at an earlier time due to the guest’s time zone. We will record this call to make it available to the cohort for a limited time.
January 26 2027, 6:00-7:00PM CT Conversation with Collaborating Artists Neha Misra नेहा मिश्रा and Abby Sunde
February
February 2, 2027, 6:00-7:30PM CT Revision Workshop
February 9 2027, 6:00-7:30PM CT Craft Workshop with Jamie Ford
February 23, 2027, 6:00-7:00 PM CT Reading and Conversation (Guest TBA)
March
March 9, 2027, 6:00-7:30PM CT Spring Contemplative Workshop
March 30, 2027, 6:00-7:00PM CT Reading and Conversation with Sean Hill
April
April 13, 2027, 6:00-7:30PM CT Craft Workshop with CMarie Fuhrman
April 27, 2027, 6:00-7:00PM CT Reading and Conversation (Guest TBA)
May
May 11, 2027, 6:00-7:00PM CT Publishing Panel with Simmons Buntin, Pamela Uschuk, Meg Reid, and Ryo Yamaguchi
May 18, 2027, 6:00-8:00PM CT Final Reading and Celebration
Additional Offerings:
Writing the Wild Labs will be offered during the course of the program (“ala carte” items at an additional cost). Cohort members receive a discount on all labs.
2026-2027 Lab facilitators will include: Kathryn Wilder, Annie Wenstrup, David Baker, James Crews, Kaitlin Curtice, Walter Kitundu, and more.
Core Texts:
2026-2027 core texts (mailed to the cohort participants) will include I Could Walk Forever and Know So Little by Krissy Kludt, Where the Grass Still Sings by Heather Swan, Water (Rumi) by Haleh Liza Gafori, Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ní Dochartaigh, There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak, The Negroes Send Their Love by Sean Hill, Ancient Light by Kimberly Blaeser, and The Nature of Our Times anthology from Paloma Press.
