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What Feeds a Poem
Taking a page from Samin Nosrat’s Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, explore the ingredients of poetry with Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Karen Zheng.
Dates
September 27, 2025
Saturday, 2:00 pm
Location
Price
$25
+ $5 booking fee per order
ABOUT THE WORKOUT
"As writers and readers, we often turn to writing and reading as nourishment. As poetry feeds us, I want to in turn ask, what feeds poetry? What are the ingredients that make a poem? Using the core concepts of salt, fat, acid, and heat from Samin Nosrat’s cookbook, we will learn about the ingredients and seasonings that go into a great poem. Through discussing contemporary food poems, writers will be investigating the amount of salt, the fat used to cook, which acidic elements add balance, and the type of heat that transforms. There will also be time for writers to cook up their own poems." —Karen Zheng
ABOUT KAREN ZHENG
KAREN ZHENG is a queer, Chinese-American poet and writer. Her poetry has been featured in Benningham Review, Harbor Review, Honey Literary, Sine Theta Magazine, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Roots. Wounds. Words, StoryStudio Chicago, and The Poetry Lab. She is a candidate for an MFA in poetry at the University of Houston where she is an Inprint MD Anderson Foundation Fellow. She has been a finalist for Harbor Review’s Washburn Chapbook Prize and has been nominated for the Best of the Net Awards and the Pushcart Prize. She is a lover of cats and all things related to food. Find out more about her at https://www.karenzheng.com.
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