A Home for Your Writing Life

An online community of poets led by Danusha Laméris—a place to deepen your craft, find your voice, and write.

What is Litfield?

Litfield is an online writing community led by poet and essayist Danusha Laméris—a touchstone for your writing life. We provide craft talks by Danusha and visiting poets, writing prompts, sessions in which to write together, and a library of recorded classes and readings.

Who is Litfield for?

You might be finding your way into writing, returning after time away, working toward publication, or looking for a community after an MFA. Litfield brings together poets who care about and have respect for one another and the process of learning.

Looking for a higher level of support? Danusha offers a mentorship with a small group of poets.

Who is Danusha Laméris

Danusha Laméris is a poet, essayist, and teacher whose work invites close attention to ourselves and the world around us. She is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Blade by Blade (Copper Canyon Press, 2024).

A recipient of the Northern California Book Award and the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award, she served as Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County from 2018–2020. Her widely shared poem “Small Kindnesses” has been translated into multiple languages. Through Litfield, she brings poets together to deepen their craft and sustain a meaningful writing life.

What the Community Includes

Guest Poet Sessions

Conversations with Danusha about craft and the writing life.

Live and Recorded Craft Talks

Danusha's craft talks on guest poets' work and craft webinars

Feedback Sessions

Direct feedback from Danusha to four poets where anyone can attend to observe

Share your Work

Open mics to bring your work and hear the work of other community members

Generative Writing

Writing session with poem prompts and optional live classical guitar

New to Litfield This Fall

Make time for your writing. Weekly drop-in writing hours offer space to work on a project of your choice alongside other writers.

Exchange peer feedback. Small weekly breakout groups use a clear, carefully designed feedback guide to help members respond to one another’s work.

Craft talks from visiting poets. Join craft talks that open up new possibilities for your writing.

Ask the Editor. Bring your questions to conversations with editors.

Book of the Month Club. Join others in reading Danusha's recommended craft book, anthology, or other pick.

New Monthly Reflection Session with Armando. Through guided reflections with music, meditations, and conversation, we’ll explore how our relationships with ourselves and the world shape what we bring to the page. A space to deepen our creative life and our written work.

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Special Events

The Path of Poetry: Viewing Party & Q&A

Watch the first four sessions of The Path of Poetry, then join Danusha Laméris for a live Q&A about writing as a practice of self-discovery.

$35 for non-members

Learn More & Register

Guest Poets

Every month we bring a guest poet who has a conversation with Danusha on craft. Here is a list of past and upcoming guests. All sessions are recorded.

Guest poets include:

Jane Hirshfield, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Kim Addonizio, Ellen Bass, Dorianne Laux, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Reginald Dwayne Betts among others

Meet Our Guest Poets

Carey Taylor

Litfield is everything I want in a poetry workshop/program: Exposure to guest poets and their work, wonderful craft workshops with poem examples from Danusha, an online community to connect to others participating in the program, and the opportunity to join a prompt class to inspire my writing and a place to read and share our work if we choose. In short, this program is the first one that has met all my poetry needs and desires in one place!

Sarah Clark

I already feel supported by the structure of the community- and that support always inspires me to actually get words on paper/screen... ...this Wednesday’s Monthly Muse got me writing! For a whole hour! That one gathering felt like a spark- and I had a wonderfully hard time falling asleep that night because my creative juices were flowing.

Teresa Williams

I’m really resonating with Danusha’s craft talks. They’re giving me fresh insights into how I can strengthen my own work and how to approach reading and writing poems through the different lenses she provides.