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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Lee K. Abbott Marilyn Abildskov Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy Barry Timothy Bascom Kyle Beachy Linda Bendorf Venise Berry Bruce Bond Jericho Brown Michael Dennis Browne Thomas K. Dean Amber Dermont Janet Desaulniers Kelly Dwyer Hope Edelman Sarah Fay Hugh Ferrer Geoffrey Forsyth Patricia Foster Cecile Goding Douglas Goetsch Megan Gogerty Eric Goodman Vince Gotera Ann Harleman Christine Hemp Jim Heynen Rick Hillis Charles Holdefer Jeremy Jackson Richard Jackson Rebecca Johns Cheryl Fusco Johnson Wayne Johnson Daniel Khalastchi Carolyn Lieberg BK Loren Dora Malech Peter Markus Malinda McCollum Fritz Mc Donald James McKean June Melby Gordon Mennenga Sharelle Byars Moranville Michael Morse Alicia Rebecca Myers Marc Nieson Shannon Olson Lon Otto Juliet Patterson Kiki Petrosino Mark Jude Poirier Sarah Prineas Elizabeth Robinson Anjali Sachdeva Sarah Saffian Leslie Schwartz Sandra Scofield Mary Kay Shanley Carol Spindel Elizabeth Stuckey-French Ned Stuckey-French Karen Subach Mary Swander Peter Trachtenberg Nick Twemtow Anthony Varallo Mary Vermillion Kris Vervaecke Michelle Wildgen Bart Yates	Advanced Poetry Workshop One-Week Workshop June 13–18 Biography Advanced Poetry Workshop One-Week Workshop June 13–18 What is it about the lyric possibility of words that animates the poetry of all different genres? How do we encourage in our work and in our life the quality of attention that we associate with lyric resonance, its irreducibility, authenticity, and wonder? What is it in the way certain poems move that makes us return to them for more? In this class, we will be exploring the lyric impulse as a means of opening up the unconscious power of language and expanding its imaginative resources. Related topics will include lyric and narrative time, uses of the line, writing into silence, thinking with the body, and a myriad other issues raised by the poems themselves. The focus will be on previously written work by participants, though there will also be opportunities to write poems on a daily basis for class discussion. Along the way, we will look at the work of writers selected to illuminate and inspire our own distinctive process. Biography Bruce Bond’s collections of poetry include Peal (Etruscan, 2009); Blind Rain (Louisiana State University, 2008); Cinder (Etruscan, 2003); The Throats of Narcissus (University of Arkansas, 2001); Radiography (BOA, 1997), winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Best Book of Poetry Award; The Anteroom of Paradise (QRL, 1991; Silverfish, 2007), winner of the Colladay Award; and Independence Days (Woodley, 1990), winner of the R. Gross Award. His poetry has appeared in The Best American Poetry, Yale Review, The Georgia Review, Poetry, and The New Republic, among others. He has received numerous honors, including fellowships from the NEA and Texas Commission on the Arts, as well as the Kesterson Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching. Presently he is a Regents Professor of English at the University of North Texas and Poetry Editor for American Literary Review.

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