An IN-PERSON Poetry Workshop
ALL LEVELS
In this workshop, we will examine writing by poets (e.g., Allen Ginsburg, Charles Olson, Imtiaz Dharker, James Schuyler, Joe Brainard, Layli Long Soldier, Margaret Atwood, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ocean Vuong, Rita Dove, Sylvia Plath, Toi Derricotte, Wallace Stevens, William Shakespeare, and others) to see the various approaches to writing a long poem and/or as context for several interrelated writing prompts. The writing prompts will either be *proprioceptive exercises or simply creating lists. You will even participate in a writing exercise during the lunch break: record the external world and your internal dialogue concerning it. These prompts and writing exercises are meant for you to simply collect information, to suspend the impulse to write a poem until this collective gleaning process has been completed, and then you will assemble this gleaned information in an order that complicates time and narrative.
*“Proprioceptive Writing is widely recognized as an adjunct to the therapeutic arts, a form of meditation, and a valuable writing tool, both for people wishing to write and for those facing writing blocks. The method is to write as fast as you can so as to not allow your editorial or judgmental or doubting minds to interrupt.”
+ PLEASE NOTE This workshop will occur IN-PERSON. The week of the workshop, attendees will be emailed the exact location of the class.
Kevin McLellan is the author of: Sky. Pond. Mouth. (2024 Granite State Poetry Prize winner selected by Alexandria Peary); in other words you/ (2022 Hilary Tham Capital Collection winner selected by Timothy Liu); Ornitheology (Massachusetts Book Awards recipient); Tributary; and Round Trip. Kevin’s book objects, Hemispheres and [box], reside in special collections including the Blue Star Collection at Harvard University. Kevin’s video Dick won Best Short Form Short at the LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival and it also appeared at the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Berlin Short Film Festival, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival and others. https://kevmclellan.com/
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$95 Members/$135 Nonmembers
SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Email programs@mainewriters.org to see if the scholarship is still available. Application Due by January 2 at 9:00 a.m.
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