Autumn 2002 Workshops at Writers & Books

Poetry

Working Poets’ Forum

• #F3160
• Instructors:
  • October 12: M.J. Iuppa [ bio ]
  • November 2: Linda Allardt [ bio ]
  • November 23: Thom Ward [ bio ]
  • December 14: Ralph Black [ bio ]
• Four Saturdays, every three weeks as above, 10 am–1 pm
  plus Evening reading: Saturday, December 14, 7–9 pm
• $89 Writers & Books Members/$103 General Public
• Limit: 12

This workshop is designed for active poets. Each of the workshop leaders will give a statement of his or her own approach, select great poems for study, and lead workshop critiques of participants’ poems. The general setting will be an open discussion among colleagues. Previous workshop experience expected.

Please submit two poems with your registration payment. Payment will be held pending acceptance. You will be notified of your acceptance no later than two weeks before beginning date. The group will give a 7 pm reading on December 14.

Introduction to Poetry

• #F3114
• Instructor: Ron Bailey [ bio ]
• Eight Thursdays, starting September 26, 1–3 pm
• $121 W&B Members/$146 General Public
• Limit: 12

So you’d like to give poetry a try, or take a second breath and try again. This is the place for you. A wonderful poet, e. e. cummings, suggested that our natural senses, along with the excitement of putting odd combinations of things together, might just be the way to get started.

Using start-up activities in class, looking at published works, and sharing our weekly work with the group for supportive feedback might just be the way to get started. There is a creative artist or three in each of us, and this might be a way for you to let that spirit out. There will be a one poem per week assignment to share.

There is a Fountain: Intermediate Poetry Workshop

• #F3115
• Instructor: David M. Nixon [ bio ]
• Eight Mondays, starting September 23, 7–9 pm
• $121 W&B Members/$146 General Public
• Limit: 10

We will analyze poems written by each other and by a variety of writers, including Lucille Clifton, Randall Jarrell, and Lisel Mueller. Discussions will include content, emotion, and the technical aspects of traditional and free verse. Exercises will be suggested to stimulate writing, but whatever inspires you is fine. You will be asked to write a new poem for each class. Bring several copies of one of your unpublished poems to the first class.

A Masters Poetry Class

• Instructor: Clayton Eshleman [ bio ]
• Wednesday, October 16, 6-9 pm
• $75 W&B Members/$89 General Public
• Limit 20

Participants will provide up to 3 pages of their work to the instructor by October 14, and bring copies to the workshop. Each writer will be asked to read and discuss their work. The instructor and the class will then offer constructive criticism.

This workshop is part of “A Week With Clayton Eshleman”, which includes:

“An Introduction to the Art of Translation”

• Monday, October 14, 7 pm
• In the Verb Café at W&B
• Admission: $3 for members, $6 for the general public

Eshleman will discuss successful translation using the poetry of Antonin Artaud, Charles Baudelaire, Aime Cesaire, and his own.

“Looking Back at Caterpillar Magazine” and “What is American About American Poetry”

• Tuesday, October 15, 7 pm
• In the Verb Café at W&B
• Admission: $3 for members, $6 for the general public

Clayton Eshleman edited Caterpillar magazine from 1967–1973. He will discuss what made Caterpillar special, as well as the social background against which the magazine constructed itself. A shorter talk, “What is American about American Poetry?” will identify what makes 20th century American poetry unique.

Poetry Reading

• Thursday, October 17, 7 pm
• In the Verb Café at W&B
• Admission: $3 for members, $6 for the general public

A poetry reading by Mr. Ehsleman, drawing from Under World Arrest (Black Sparrow Press, 1994), From Scratch (Black Sparrow Press, 1998) and My Devotion (David Godine, 2003).

A Weekend of Engaging the Creative Mind

• Presenters:
  • David Tinling
  • Clayton Eshleman
• Saturday & Sunday, October 19 & 20, 10 am–4:30pm
• Fees: $100 W&B members, $130 non-members
• Lunch will be provided for participants

In four sessions over two days, David Tinling and Clayton Eshleman will explore the “Origins of Creativity” and “Whole Brain Functioning”. Find the complete workshop description here.

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