Advanced Poetry: The Revision Project
This class will focus on those poems of yours that seem to defy revision.? The ones you?ve labored over through many drafts without a clear sense of making headway.
?In addition, there will be selected weekly readings in poetics with subsequent discussion.
?Dates: Jan. 28, Feb, 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18 (Mondays)
Times: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tuition and Registration: $225
Location: Montrose-area bungalow
?The Lyric Essay in Response to Women Who Run with the Wolves
As a flexible vessel of words, the lyric essay is non-linear prose that allows the writer to create imagistic responses freed from pure narrative.
?We?ll write and revise lyric essays in response to selected readings from Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa P. Estes? seminal book of archetypal women?s stories centered on the spiritual in women?s psychology. (Please obtain your own copy of this book before class.)
?No previous writing experience is necessary, although preferable.
?Dates:? Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27 (Wednesdays)
Times: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tuition and Registration: $225
Location: Montrose-area bungalow
?The Traditional Essay: Exploring Its Use for Eloquent Language
Many essayists of the Americas have used the traditional essay to explore their own reactions to contemporary culture.? We will look at these examples to jump-start our own forays into the writing of lucid, eloquent prose.
?No previous writing experience is necessary, although preferable.
?Topics will include:
????????? Structure
????????? Art of writing complexity of thought
????????? Creating a persona on the page
????????? Connecting with both the willing and unwilling reader
????????? Current markets
?This class will be taught on the Rice University campus and is open to both Rice and non-Rice-affiliated adults.? Exact location on-campus TBA.
?Dates:? Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7, 14, 21, (Thursdays)
Times: 10:00 a.m.. to 11:30 a.m.
Tuition and Registration: $200
Location: Rice University (see note above)
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