Thursday, March 23rd, 4:00-5:00 p.m. (PDT)

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Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate Workshop: Writing Multilingual Poetry with Joseph ‘Butch’ Schwarzkopf Jr.!


Have you ever found that there are some ideas you can't just express in English? Writing multilingual poetry can give you the opportunity to speak with your clearest, freest voice. In this workshop, Butch will take you through the what, why, and how of multilingual poetry and you'll have an opportunity to generate your own!

Joseph ‘Butch’ Schwarzkopf Jr. (he/him) is an Illawarra (Dharawal Country) based Filipinx poet and filmmaker. His debut chapbook, Pagong Cannot Climb Trees, was published by Sampaguita Press in 2022. He has performed as a poet at events such as Outspoken Poetics, Unspoken Words festival, and The Digital Sala’s Tula for Typhoon Relief. His works have been published in the UTS Writers’ Anthology, UNSWeetened Literary Journal, Australian Poetry Anthology, Mascara literary journal, and Marias at Sampaguitas literary magazine. His favorite word is pie.