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April 2019
Memory as Renewal: Dedications, Portraits & Elegies with Barbara Henning
A workshop with Barbara Henning in which students will read and write poems that celebrate, honor, and mourn important people in their lives.
Find out more »Our Poetry, Our Selves with J. Mae Barizo
A workshop with J. Mae Barizo in which students will examine the multiplicity of self and its relationship to private and public histories.
Find out more »The Sonnet with Bhisham Bherwani
A workshop with Bhisham Bherwani in which students will outline, compose, and revise sonnets to create their own short manuscripts.
Find out more »February 2019
Master Class with Dorianne Laux: The Discretion of the Line
A two-day intensive with Dorianne Laux on the line, “the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known, living poems.” Applications closed!
Find out more »Lyric Technologies: Generating Poetry in the Age of Social Media with Rosebud Ben-Oni
A workshop with Rosebud Ben-Oni, in which students will investigate the virtual world and experiment with digital tools for poetry creation.
Find out more »Ontogeny, Phylogeny & Poetry with Michael Broder
A workshop with Michael Broder, in which students will examine contemporary poets and delve into questions about “being and becoming.”
Find out more »The Art of Concealing and Revealing in Poetry with Neil Shepard
This workshop explores the art of concealment and revelation, from imagery and metaphor, to sound and cadence, to tone and rhetoric. Registration full!
Find out more »Master Class with Kwame Dawes: The Art of Distraction
A two-day intensive with beloved poet Kwame Dawes on how conversations with other art forms can enhance, complicate & sharpen the poetic process. Applications closed.
Find out more »November 2018
Master Class with Marilyn Chin
Marilyn Chin
A master class with Marilyn Chin, author of five poetry books and instructor of writing at universities around the world. Application deadline: November 6th.
Find out more »Master Class with Shane McCrae
Shane McCrae
A master class with Shane McCrae, author of six books, including 2017 NBA Finalist In the Language of My Captor. Application deadline: October 30th.
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