Part of The Poetry Society of New York's Weekly Virtual Workshop Series.With poet Grant Chemidlin!What do we risk by using profane language in our writing? More importantly, what do we gain? In this workshop, we’ll dissect poems by Allen Ginsberg, Natalie Diaz, Ada Limón, Mary Ruefle, and others, and examine how the use of “curse words” can enhance the emotional impact and meaning of a poem. Cover your ears, kids! There will be free writing and sharing and no BLEEPS whatsoever!About the Instructor: Grant Chemidlin is the author of What We Lost in the Swamp (Central Avenue Poetry, 2023), a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. His other works include the chapbook New in Town (Bottlecap Press, 2022) and the illustrated collection He Felt Unwell (So He Wrote This). Recent poems can be found in The Los Angeles Review, Palette Poetry, Quarterly West, and Tupelo Quarterly, among others. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband and cat.* *This workshop will take place on Zoom.**