Featured Faculty: Sandra Beasley
Excerpt from "On Lyric Essays"

"Since I published first in the genre of poetry, then in nonfiction, I am sensitive to the explanation that the lyric essay is merely a compromise or indulgence--a 'poet's version of prose.' It's true that in moments when others report, poets meditate. Poets such as Sarah Manguso and Nick Flynn have written masterpieces of the lyric memoir. But that's a choice, not a default."

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Upcoming Workshops

Five Days, Five Poems
Maggie Smith

July 17 to July 21
1 Week LIVE Zoom
Poetry

Smith is the award-winning author of the national bestseller Goldenrod and Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change. In this generative poetry workshop, Smith will guide you in creating and sharing new work, experimenting with a wide variety of subject matter and approaches. Smith provides flexible writing prompts and model poems to get you started each day. Learn more

Using Elements of Poetry to Improve Your Prose
Deborah Taffa

July 17 to August 11
4 Week Asynchronous
Multi-Genre

Taffa is the Director of the MFA Creative Writing program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. In this workshop, you'll discuss how prose narratives can benefit from poetic techniques, and how expanding the use of poetic principles—from metaphor to repetition, and space, to name a few—can deepen the experience of writing and reading creative nonfiction. Learn More

Tiny Miracles and Everyday Wonders: a Poetry Workshop
January Gill O'Neil

July 17 to August 11
1 Week LIVE Zoom
Poetry

Gill O'Neill, an associate professor at Salem State University and author of the forthcoming Glitter Road makes room for beauty and randomness through this workshop. Reach for joy in your work by employing language not often found in poetry. This workshop will also touch on revision and the publication process. Learn More

Keeping Busy: Writing Through Dry Spells, Blocks, and Boredom
Allison Joseph

July 24 to August 28
1 Week LIVE Zoom
Poetry

Joseph is the author of several poetry collections, including Confessions of a Barefaced Woman and Worldy Pleasures. In this workshop, Joseph will share tricks and exercises that keep her writing when everything else in her world prevents her from writing. Learn More

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