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Poems: Lost And Found The Artful Essayist Assay The Essay: Critical Essay Writing For Magazines, Newspapers, And Radio
Poems: Lost And Found O my love, where are they, where are they going The things we lose often return to us in different forms. Your mother’s laugh, the vegetable garden, the way the light hits the piano in the afternoon. The past can be transformed by language—and, in turn, can transform you. Whether you’ve lost your car keys or your sense of peace in the world, this workshop will explore the notion of “found” as well as “lost.” Using work already created and poems generated during the weekend, we will also examine poetic forms and wrestle with what it means to be “found,” the joy of “finding” one’s voice. Both novice and experienced writers are invited since the workshop is designed not only to expand your facility with language, but also to stretch your ability to regain—and transfigure—what you think has disappeared. The Artful Essayist Often the subject of an essay is not really what it’s “about.” Like a good poem, the best essays have many layers of meaning, weaving several strands to offer the reader a new way of seeing. In this course, we will use various “ways in” to an essay—looking at paintings, listening to music, eating a meal, and observing birds. In other words, we will invite what poet Richard Hugo calls the “triggering subject,” while discovering the true “generating subject” through the writing itself. Using examples of literary non-fiction that give us a deeper experience of the world—from art reviews to personal essays—we will stir our own work toward clarity, precision, and transformation. This course is for those who wish to nudge their work towards publication. Assay The Essay: Critical Essay Writing For Magazines, Newspapers, And Radio Art reviews, book reviews, commentary, and editorials—all require voice, point of view, and a strong sense of purpose. An essay can carry the punch of a poem and the heft of a novel. This workshop will explore ways to make your prose unique and meaningful, no matter what the subject. Using established writers as models, we will explore the rigors of editing, the power of metaphor, and how to cultivate your own distinctive language. We will also burnish seemingly unimportant details to reveal the precious metal of your narrative. Biography
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