Second Sunday Book Club

 
 

Workshop Description

  • Have you been working on a manuscript for a poetry collection?

  • Would you like several committed readings of it?

If so, Second Sunday Book Club might be for you. SSBC meets once a month for six months. The first two months we will read and discuss one craft book focused on collection development and one poetry collection. Then each of the next four months we will carefully read then discuss a manuscript submitted by a member of the class. Members comment on three classmates’ manuscripts and receive five sets of written response. 

We will have space for four poets in this course and we will ask interested poets to fill out a simple questionnaire to ensure it will be productive for all involved.

Questionnaire link

Workshop Details

Fall 2026
Sept 13, Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec 13, Jan 10, Feb 14
Six Sessions on Zoom
Sundays from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. (ET)
$500

Workshop Facilitators

Melody Wilson is a Pushcart nominated poet whose work appears in One, B O D Y, The Emerson Review, Crab Creek Review, Rust and Moth, and many other publications. Her collections have been finalist at The Catamaran Prize, both Cider Press Prizes, The Louisville Prize, and others. She received an Academy of American Poets Award, the Patricia Dobler Award, and was finalist for both the Iron Horse NaPoMo and Pablo Neruda Awards. Her first collection, Madre Dura, was awarded the Paul Nemser Prize from Lily Poetry Review Books and will be released in April 2026. A graduate of Pacific University’s MFA program, she lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Phillip and their dog Z. Find more of her work at melodywilson.com.

Emily Kedar is an award-winning poet and practicing psychotherapist. Her work appears widely in literary journals including Best Canadian Poetry, Prairie Fire, The Malahat Review, The Bellevue Literary Review and the Maynard. She is the past winner of the CBC Toronto Poetry Face-Off. Her poetry has been translated into Spanish with Mothertongue Press and adapted for the stage with Canstage. Her manuscript, Felt Stars, was a finalist in the 2025 Cider Press Review Book Award.  She received her MFA through Pacific University under the mentorship of Ellen Bass. She spends her time between Toronto and Salt Spring Island, Canada. 

Questions: editors@riverheronreview.com

Refunds: Up to one week prior to the workshop start date, full refund minus $15 processing fee. After that time, there are no refunds.

Workshop sessions are not recorded, nor are there make up sessions.