Instructor: Brendan Constantine
Howard Nemerov described poetry as ‘a means of seeing invisible things and saying unspeakable things about them.’ In this workshop participants will re-examine metaphor as a source of strength, liberation, and a gateway to compassion. No experience necessary. Sufferers of ‘Writer’s Block,’ strongly encouraged!
Instructor: Ben Loory
How do you balance the elements of fiction writing—setting, character, plot, conflict, style, theme, and point-of-view—in a short story? This workshop’s writing prompts, directed readings, and lectures on various techniques will help you create unforgettable stories. The course will include workshop and critique of your work to help improve mastery of your craft.
Instructor: Julia Ingalls
Learn how to elevate your memoir, essay, or other creative non-fiction piece into an irresistible read.
Instructors: Tom Laichas & Lynne Thompson
In this week-long workshop, Tom Laichas will teach the first half and Lynne Thompson will teach the second half! Laichas’s ‘Poetry and the Prince‘ will explore how poetry responds to corruption and power by examining diverse political forms from satire to lament, drawing on global poetic traditions. Thompson’s ‘Wordplay and Other Roads to Verse-City‘ will then focus on craft and play, using a variety of forms including prose poems, glosas, centos, and forms of her own creation to discover new approaches to writing.
At a time when so much competes for our attention – social trends, cultural awakenings, world events, a health crisis or two – we need creative writers more than ever! In this workshop (for beginning and advanced writers), you’ll be able to explore poetry, storytelling, and many other genres. We may even influence the literary forms of the future!
*This is a Teen program and will follow those guidelines outlined in our FAQ section.
