{"688146":{"#nid":"688146","#data":{"type":"event","title":"WST Learning Community dinner with Komal Mathew, GT STAC alumna","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKomal Mathew, GT STAC alumna, writing teacher, and poet will meet with WST Lrn C residents and other students over dinner and will conduct a poetry workshop. Any Georgia Tech student is welcome to join, although anyone not living the WST Lrn C should send an RSVP to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:carol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecarol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere is Ms. Mathew\u0027s description of the workshop:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPoetry Workshop: Discovering Poems from the Outside In\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDid you know writing poems can be as fun as playing a game? In this workshop, I\u2019ll introduce you to three strategies of forming and creating poems: found, erasure, and blackout poetry. We\u2019ll review some examples to discuss the liberties and limitations of these forms\u2014and then we\u2019ll start playing! My hope is that the poet in you leaves the workshop with a poem to share with the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKomal Mathew is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology and Sarah Lawrence College. Her poems have appeared in \u003Cem\u003EPoetry\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EDiode Poetry Journal, Beloit Poetry Journal\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ECrazyhorse\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ENarrative,\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003EThe New Republic, \u003C\/em\u003Eand others. Her debut collection of poems, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zone3press.wpengine.com\/book\/after-a-long-walk-my-daughter-asks-why-we-cant-just-die-together\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFor Daughters Who Walk Out Like Sons\u003C\/a\u003E, won the Zone 3 Press First Book Award for Poetry. She lives with her family in Smyrna, Georgia, where she is working on a middle-grade novel in verse. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.komalmathew.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.komalmathew.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read a poem by her, see https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/151742\/for-the-shepherd-who-is-also-the-path-the-sun-makes-in-daytime\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Komal Mathew, GT STAC alumna, writing teacher, and poet will meet with WST Lrn C residents and other students over dinner and will conduct a poetry workshop. Her description follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPoetry Workshop: Discovering Poems from the Outside In\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDid you know writing poems can be as fun as playing a game? In this workshop, I\u2019ll introduce you to three strategies of forming and creating poems: found, erasure, and blackout poetry. We\u2019ll review some examples to discuss the liberties and limitations of these forms\u2014and then we\u2019ll start playing! My hope is that the poet in you leaves the workshop with a poem to share with the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Komal Mathew, GT STAC alumna, writing teacher, and poet will meet with WST Lrn C and other students over dinner"}],"uid":"27680","created_gmt":"2026-02-09 19:22:43","changed_gmt":"2026-02-09 19:34:29","author":"Carol Colatrella","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-20T18:00:20-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-20T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-20T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-20 22:00:20","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-20 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-20 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Stein study lounge","extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"132371","name":"The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"194913","name":"writing, poetry, alumna"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"194683","name":"Talk"},{"id":"194682","name":"Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarol Colatrella\u003Cbr\u003Ecarol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}