Salted Writes - Grief Writing with Fariha Roisin (Monday)
Grief Writing, with the Author of Who is Wellness For?, Fariha Roisin
Fariha Róisín is a Writer, Culture Worker, and Educator.
Born in Ontario, Canada, they were raised in Sydney, Australia, and are based in Los Angeles, California. As a Muslim queer Bangladeshi, they are interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. Their work has pioneered a refreshing and renewed conversation about wellness, contemporary Islam, degrowth and queer identities and has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Vice, Village Voice, and others.
Róisín has published a book of poetry entitled How To Cure A Ghost (Abrams), a journal called Being In Your Body (Abrams), and a novel named Like A Bird (Unnamed Press) which was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by NPR, Globe and Mail, Harper’s Bazaar, a must-read by Buzzfeed News and received a starred review by the Library Journal. Their first work of non-fiction Who Is Wellness For? An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who it Leaves Behind (HarperWave) was released in 2022, and their second book of poetry Survival Takes A Wild Imagination came out Fall of 2023.
Grief Studies is an exploration of the in betweens and circumferences of grief.
In a world rife with genocide, war and environmental debilitation, this class provides infrastructure and relief as a way to process all our deep-seated anxieties and pain, permitting us to confront all that we are with a steadfastness and agility that so rarely accompanies the symphonies of grief.
Over three weeks, we’ll read the works of writers such as Noor Hindi, June Jordan and Arcelis Girmay to tend to our deep interiors. We’ll discuss how the work lands and write prompts that accompany them/us with feeling.
This class is for anyone wanting to navigate further into their internal ecosystems and encounter the depths so rarely sought after. We will most certainly laugh and cry together. This will be a catharsis, a purge, and hopefully a writing gold mine.
When?
Every Monday Evening for 3 weeks: 6:15pm-8:30pm
Week 1 - June 30th
Week 2 - July 7th
Week 3 - July 14th
Where?
At Salted Books Lisbon.
Calçada Marquês Abrantes 96, 1200-720
How much?
€225
What do I get from it?
-Weekly in-person workshops and tutorials.
-A writing group to work alongside and hold each other.
-An experienced tutor to explore difficult writing with.
-The time and space to write each week.
-Teaching material to complement each tutorial.
-Tutoring in craft and demystifying the writing process.