Poetry
October 23-27, 2023
Open to All
Tiered Tuition
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About the Offering
LIVE via Zoom: 7pm-9pm (Eastern Time)
Recent Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Carl Phillips, has written, that “at the end of the day, poetry is patterned language.” It is the relationship between pattern and what he calls, “the meaningful disruption of that pattern,” that gives poetry the muscularity required to become memorable. In this primarily generative writing workshop, participants will closely examine poems that effectively deploy, reinforce, and subvert patterns, which also helps manage tension and reader expectation. Participants will draft poems that thoughtfully consider how established pattern and disruption can create nuance and import in their work, to create, what we hope, are memorable poems. Participants may read poems by Rita Dove, Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, Jericho Brown, and Robert Hayden, among others. Participants will also have the opportunity to workshop up to two of their drafts toward revision.
Materials Needed
No specific materials needed for this offering.
About the Instructor/Moderator
Nathan McClain
is the author of two collections of poetry—Previously Owned (2022), which was longlisted for the 23rd annual Massachusetts Book Award, and Scale (2017)—both from Four Way Books. He is a recipient of fellowships from The Frost Place, Sewanee Writers Conference, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference; as well, he's a graduate from the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson. A Cave Canem fellow, his poems and prose have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Plume Poetry Anthology 10, The Common, Guesthouse, Poetry Northwest, and Zocalo Public Square, among others. He teaches at Hampshire College and serves as poetry editor of the Massachusetts Review.
Accessibility Information
Their work is regularly exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of over 60 museums. Over the past fifteen years, they have built a sustainable career as a visual artist and have extensive experience working with museums, galleries, universities and nonprofit organizations, publishers, and press outlets. In addition to their own creative work, they are passionate about sharing the professional knowledge they’ve acquired throughout their career with other artists.
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