Sound & Background: Using Etymology to Kickstart Your Writing with Michael Mercurio 8/6

Sound & Background: Using Etymology to Kickstart Your Writing with Michael Mercurio

We all know that poems are “the best words in the best order,” but how do you find the best words? This workshop will provide you with tools for finding them through etymology and sound.

Bio: Michael Mercurio lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. His poems have appeared in Palette Poetry, Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club), Lily Poetry Review, Thrush Poetry Journal, Bear Review, Sugar House Review, The Inflectionist Review, Rust + Moth, Hare’s Paw Literary Journal, and elsewhere.

Michael curates What The Universe Is: A Reading Series, which happens monthly on Zoom. He is the Director of Community Engagement for the Faraday Publishing Company, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering discourse of enduring value rooted in the work and experiences of the global majority, and he also serves as a member of the steering committee for the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival, held each September at Emily Dickinson’s house. You can find out more about Michael at poetmercurio.com.