During the first month of the new year, we invite our community to join 2026-2027 Writer of Ypsilanti Tamar Ashdot to explore how multimedia collage and found poems can be ways to cultivate hope. Thinking of hope as something we craft with our own hands, we will discuss works from a few hybrid poets as well as assemble our own collages from various archival materials: newspapers, magazines, personal photographs, letters, receipts, etc., discovering different ways hybrid poetry allows us to depict pieces of ourselves and our community.