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Sparking Creativity for Neurodivergent Writers

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Saturday
Jul 12
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Jul 12
2:00 - 4:00PM
INSTRUCTOR:
Nathan Spoon
LOCATION:
The Porch House at 2811 Dogwood Pl., Nashville, TN 37204
$
51
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60
FOR non-MEMBERS
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Neurodivergent writers often navigate—and reshape—the rules we’re taught to follow. In this welcoming, lightly structured session, poet Nathan Spoon invites participants to explore writing through a different lens: one that embraces drift, wonder, and permission. Using a poetry-based rearrangement activity as the starting point, we’ll play with language, loosen perfectionist habits, and open up creative possibilities.While the activity draws from poetry, writers of all genres are welcome. Whether you identify as neurodivergent or are simply curious about more expansive ways of working, this is a space for slowing down, sharing if you wish, and trying things you thought you couldn’t.

In-Class Writing Lift: Light

Homework: None

Workshopping Drafts: Optional

Nathan Spoon is an autistic poet and author of The Importance of Being Feeble-Minded (Nine Mile Books, 2025). His poems and essays have appeared in American Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, Poetry, Poetry Daily, The Southern Review, swamp pink, and elsewhere. Nathan currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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