About The Body Electric
The Body Electric is a poetry workshopping group affiliated with the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. Founded by Alex Stern and Lauren Shapiro in 2013, the group's purpose is to foster a love of poetry by welcoming all members to workshop and be workshopped regardless of skill level. The group meets once weekly to critique a members' poem in a large-group workshop format. All styles of poetry are currently accepted.
Being food lovers (and thanks to generous funding from Kelly Writers House) every meeting, the group tries a different food selection, taking into consideration the various diets of our members (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc.)
New members are always welcome. Please feel free to send us questions or contact our PR Director to have your e-mail added to our listserv.
We currently meet Wednesdays at 8:00PM in room 202 of Kelly Writers House.