Cut the crap, trim the fat, kill your darlings. The prevailing logic of revision emphasizes reduction. But what if paring back isn't the answer? In this hybrid craft talk / workshop, we'll look closely at how some writers use radical revision. Please bring a tricky paragraph or two from your work, so we can put what we've learned to the test!

REGISTER HERE ($20). FREE for Paragraph Members. Become a Member then RSVP. NOTE: Proceeds from this craft talk will be donated to City Harvest, a very worthwhile cause for a city in need. (Paragraph will donate for any member who attends.)

Ben Purkert is the author of FOR THE LOVE OF ENDINGS, one of Adroit’s Best Poetry Books of 2018. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The New Yorker, Poetry, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, The Believer Online, Tin House Online, and elsewhere. He holds degrees from Harvard and NYU, where he was a New York Times Fellow. He is the editor of Back Draft for Guernica, an interview series focused on revision and the creative process. He also teaches at Rutgers while working as a freelance writer for branding agencies. He's at work on a novel about the branding of masculinity and the search for the authentic self. Most days, you can find him on Twitter.