Reconnecting to the Body: A Virtual Writing Workshop with Leticia Urieta

This workshop is free and takes place on Zoom. Register here to receive the workshop link – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/h1-u_0BoRiaA0gVHs4F2vA#/registration. PLEASE NOTE: You must register using an email address that is connected to a Zoom account. This is a security measure to minimize bots and ill-intentioned attendees.

Charis welcomes author Leticia Urieta for Reconnecting to the Body, a virtual writing workshop.

About the workshop

The body carries our stories, but sometimes delving into these stories can be difficult and painful to navigate. We have to engage in acts of radical and deep reflection to fully embody and write about the traumas, beauty, pain and healing that our bodies are capable of holding. This generative online workshop will ask you to engage in these acts of radical reflection to explore your relationships to the body through a variety of writing exercises. We will explore how writers embody their experiences through poetry and prose by studying contemporary poets and writers who are engaging with discussions about the body and chronic illness, pain, trauma and healing. Participants will be encouraged to engage more deeply with their writing and have the opportunity to share their work.

About Leticia Urieta

Leticia Urieta (she/her/hers) is a Tejana writer from Austin, TX. She works as a teaching artist and freelance writer and editor. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an MFA in Fiction writing from Texas State University. Her chapbook, The Monster, published in 2018 from LibroMobile Press. Her hybrid collection, Las Criaturas, was published in 2021 by Flowersong Press and was a finalist for the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction 2022 from the Texas Institute of Letters. Her poetry chapbook, Offerings to a Tumbled Temple was published in 2025 from Purple Ink Press and her dark fiction collection, The Remedy is the Disease, is forthcoming in spring 2026 from Undertaker Books. You can learn more about Leticia’s work at https://leticiaaurieta.com/

The event is free and open to all people, but we encourage and appreciate a donation of $5-20 in support of the work of Charis Circle, our programming non-profit. Donate via our website: www.chariscircle.org/donate.

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