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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Marilyn Abildskov Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy K.Barry Timothy Bascom Kyle Beachy Karen Bender Linda Bendorf Maudy Benz Venise Berry Bruce Bond David Bouchier Michael Dennis Browne Maggie Conroy Mary Cross Thomas K. Dean Amber Dermont Janet Desaulniers Kelly Dwyer Hope Edelman Josh Emmons Jill Esbaum Sarah Fay Hugh Ferrer Katie Ford Geoffrey Forsyth Cecile Goding Douglas Goetsch Sands Hall Christine Hemp Jim Heynen Rick Hillis Charles Holdefer Richard Jackson Rebecca Johns Cheryl Fusco Johnson Wayne Johnson Daniel Khalastchi Carolyn Lieberg BK Loren Peter Markus Fritz Mc Donald James McKean Gordon Mennenga Sharelle Byars Moranville Michael Morse Barbara Robinette Moss Marc Nieson Shannon Olson Diana Ossana Lon Otto Juliet Patterson Kiki Petrosino Mark Jude Poirier Leslie Carol Roberts Anjali Sachdeva Sarah Saffian Sam Samuels Sandra Scofield Mary Kay Shanley Robert Anthony Siegel Carol Spindel Karen Subach Mary Vermillion Kris Vervaecke Ashley Warlick Michelle Wildgen Bart Yates	Daniel Khalastchi Betting on the Muse: A Poetry Workshop One-Week Workshop July 19–24 Biography Betting on the Muse: A Poetry Workshop One-Week Workshop July 19–24 I usually lose at poker. Part of this is because I’m no good with numbers. The other part is because it’s scary to take risks; it’s much easier to bet on a sure thing, and avoid the patience it takes to sit and study the game. While gambling and poetry have their obvious differences, the same fears/reservations that might keep us away from casinos can limit us severely as writers. By worrying too much about readers, style, or if/how poems reflect back on us as creators, we may prevent ourselves from exploring all the avenues the blank page has to offer. In this workshop, we will expand our poetic abilities by (as Bukowski says) betting it all on the muse. Through close analysis of poems by James Wright, John Berryman, Gertrude Stein, and Emily Dickinson (among others), we will examine what it means to successfully take chances on the page (emotional, thematic, formal) and work on implementing those ideas in our own writing via in-class exercises and workshops. Poets at all levels who are interested in generating work that pushes them in new directions are encouraged to join us. Biography Daniel Khalastchi (M.F.A., The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop) has recently taught at The University of Iowa and Augustana College. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Denver Quarterly, jubilat, Ninth Letter, and Court Green, among others. A recent fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Daniel lives in Milwaukee, where he lectures at Marquette University and the Milwaukee Institute of Art.

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