The Writer's Center Summer, 2010 Offerings
(Register early to assure a place at the writing table!)
Poetry Now: A Writing and Reading Group for Poets
Instructor: Giavanna Munafo
Mondays, 5:30 - 8 pm, June 28 - August 2 (6 weeks)
$175
Part poetry workshop, part "book" group, Poetry Now will get you connected, or re-connected, with poems -- your own and those appearing in current issues of respected journals. Each week, we'll discuss submissions from 4-5 group members and then read and respond to poems from that week's featured journal (Threepenny Review, Poetry, Glimmer Train, Crazyhorse, and others). The workshop structure will generate feedback about what works and why, as well as suggestions about how you might more fully realize your goals. While the emphasis (and time allocation) will be more on your writing, our attention to newly published poems will provide a context of contemporary poetry. Plus, gaining an awareness of what different journals tend to publish will help poets hoping to publish, or publish more, consider where they might send their work. Pre-registration required; minimum enrollment 6; maximum 8. Info: (802) 356-2492 or gmunafo@mac.com.
First Get It Written...
Instructor: Katharine Britton
Tuesdays, July 6 - July 27
Choose a morning or evening session: 10:00 AM - 12 Noon or 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
$100
...Then get it right. In this four-week workshop, participants will focus on writing and revising a piece of fiction, creative non-fiction, or memoir. We will explore aspects of the craft through exercises, reading work aloud, peer feedback, and discussions. Bring a work-in-progress or begin something new. Pre-registration required; enrollment limited. Info: Katharine.fisher.britton@dartmouth.edu or (802) 649-1873.
Thinking Like a Poetry Editor: How to Be Your Own Best Critic
("The Ossmann Method" Poetry Workshop - Crash Course)
Instructor: April Ossmann
Friday, July 23rd - 6pm - 8:30pm
Monday, August 9th - 6pm - 8:30pm
$50 (each)
Learn how to think like a poetry editor! In this workshop we'll turn the usual workshop model on its head and not only allow the poet being critiqued to speak, but to speak first and critique their own poem, discussing correlations between the criticisms s/he has for other participants' poems and her/his own before group discussion begins. This will offer a taste of what it means to be both poet and poetry editor, a position in which it becomes easier to objectively assess your own work; to spot dull vs. energetic syntax, generic vs. original imagery and other strengths and weaknesses you may have overlooked. It also empowers the poet in the process, and engenders an unusually positive and congenial workshop atmosphere. Participants will receive written editorial suggestions for both poems from the instructor. Pre-registration required; minimum enrollment 6; maximum 8. Info: (802) 333-9597 or aprilossmann@hotmail.com and www.aprilossmann.com.
Creative Collective
Instructor: Joni Cole
Wednesday, July 28, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
$20
No time for a weekly class? No worries. Here's a one-session workshop for a quick fix of writing, sharing, and collective inspiration. Participants are invited to read aloud a few pages for verbal feedback. We'll also do a writing exercise, and swap insights and tips on everything from the vagaries of the creative process to the evils of adverbs. Pre-registration required. Info: joni.cole@alum.dartmouth.org or (802) 295-5526.
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Individualized Writing/Editing Services
Peter Money, Writer's Center instructor, writer, and publisher of Harbor Mountain Press (reviewed in Time and featured in Poets & Writers), will discuss your work in-depth in a 90-minute consultation. $40. Consultations take place in White River Junction, Lebanon or Windsor. Peter looks for particular strengths, use of language within context of its form, and affinity groups and outlets toward your goals. The consultation uses studio critique methods which are intitial readings and a focus on textual and audience observations. Contact: mt.arts@valley.net.
Many other instructors at the Writer's Center are also available to work with writers on an individual basis. Contact Joni or Sarah for more information.
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