Join me, Rachel Mennies, Tariq Luthun, Ally Ang, and Jericho Brown at 1:45pm (PST) in LA at AWP 2025 to talk about how even our most personal, seemingly private poems are intimately related to our politics. Event description:

“Confessional poetry and the phrase ‘The personal is political’ have parallel histories. While some have claimed that autobiographical poetry is apolitical, that claim has always been fallacious—and never more so than in the poetry of the present. This panel gathers five poets to share their strategies for infusing even their most ‘private’ or ‘interior’ poems with their politics and their ethics, read brief examples of their own and others’ work, and engage the audience collaboratively.”

We’re in Room 406AB (Level 2) of the LA Convention Center.