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Grief Poetry Workshop in the Mark Twain House

Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 4:00PM

The Mark Twain House & Museum

351 Farmington Ave

Hartford, CT 06105

Friday November 14 from 8:30-10 AM

Sunday November 16 from 4:00-5:30 PM

Guided by poet and master teaching artist Victoria Nordlund, this workshop offers a safe space to explore the emotions of loss through the power of poetry. Welcoming writers of all levels, this workshop offers a nurturing environment to craft verses in the Mark Twain House that reflect the participant’s unique journey, to find solace and connection with others, and to discover the profound impact of poetry in navigating grief.

Tickets are $40 per person; $35 for museum members.

BIO: Victoria Nordlund is an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut and was director of creative writing at Rockville High School in Vernon, CT. She has been the master teaching artist at the museum's Nook Farm Writers Collaborative for over a decade. Her creative writing programs have won major state and national awards in every genre. Nordlund was a 2016 semi-finalist for CT Teacher of the year. She also won the 2016 New England Association of Teachers of English Poet-of-the-Year Award. Her poetry collections Wine-Dark Sea and Binge Watching Winter on Mute are published by Main Street Rag. She is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize Nominee whose work has appeared in PANK Magazine, Rust+Moth, Chestnut Review, Pidgeonholes, Maudlin House, and other journals.

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