CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: with Funto Omojola

This free, participatory event (taking place via Zoom) features poet Funto Omojola leading an intimate, virtual group thinking-and-reading-through of “[accumulation of land]” by Myung Mi Kim. Neither explicitly teaching nor explaining, our special guest poet will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore this featured poem as a group.Whether already well-versed in the “close reading” of poems or having never been quite sure you’ve been “getting it,” CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE provides a digital gathering for taking a refreshing deep dive into poetry.

Actively participate or simply listen and learn!

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Funto Omojola is a poet, performer, and visual artist. They have done projects with the Poetry Project, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and their work has been supported by A.I.R Gallery, Cave Canem Foundation, MASS MoCA and Millay Arts. Omojola’s first book is forthcoming from Nightboat Books in 2024. They live in New York.

Toward opening new possibilities for discovery, thought, connection, and joy, The Flow Chart Foundation explores poetry and the interrelationships of various art forms as guided by the legacy of gay American poet John Ashbery and promotes engagement with his work.