Friday: Poetry [Ages 18-Adult]

04/20/2018 12:30 PM - 06/15/2018 03:00 PM ET

Category

Adult Classes + Workshops

Location

Loft

Summary

This series of structured workshops will benefit poets who are interested in honing their craft and working towards publishing their work. (click title for more info)

Teaching Artist: Anna Evans
Fridays, 12:30-3:00pm: 8 sessions
April 20 - June 15, 2018 (no class 5/25)
Members: $252 | Regular: $280
Late fee of $25 will apply from April 13, 2018

Description

Each class is designed to challenge poets through group discussions and teaching prompts based on the following poetry tools: figurative language, tilting, pacing, revision, ekphrastic poetry, rhyme, meter, form, and aural devices. Students of all writing levels are welcome to experience the individualized attention and critiquing that the workshops provide.

About the Teaching Artist: Anna Evans gained her Master of Fine Arts from Bennington College. Her poems have appeared in the Harvard Review, The Atlanta Review, Rattle and 32 Poems. She has been nominated five times for a Pushcart Prize and was a finalist for both the 2005 and 2007 Howard Nemerov sonnet award, and for the 2007 Willis Barnstone Translation Award.  Anna is also the Editor of The Raintown Review and of the formal poetry e-zine Barefoot Muse.