Craft Talks

“ I just wanted to thank you again for yesterday's webinar. I found it so helpful and informative. I sign up for so many of these offerings on Zoom, but often walk away feeling like I didn't learn anything, let alone sparked with enthusiasm.  That was not the case with yours yesterday.  Your questions to the panelists were specific and spot-on, and their responses were beyond helpful.  I walked away with notes and excitement. Thank you so much for the time it took you to coordinate all of that and to deliver such a wonderful hour or so. ”

- Beth Boylan from Asbury Park, NJ
(@bethiebookworm)

IN PERSON: “You You You: the address of poetry” – A Craft Talk with Pádraig Ó Tuama
May
17

IN PERSON: “You You You: the address of poetry” – A Craft Talk with Pádraig Ó Tuama

IN PERSON EVENT IN CAMDEN, MAINE. A poem is a word-event going in many directions at once. Sometimes the “you” of a poem is a specific person, at other times it’s the poet, or a general audience, and at times there’s no you at all so the poem addresses itself to the world. Join Pádraig Ó Tuama for this craft talk, a part of the 2024 Camden Festival of Poetry.

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VIRTUAL: “You You You: the address of poetry” – A Craft Talk with Pádraig Ó Tuama
May
17

VIRTUAL: “You You You: the address of poetry” – A Craft Talk with Pádraig Ó Tuama

VIRTUAL EVENT VIA ZOOM. A poem is a word-event going in many directions at once. Sometimes the “you” of a poem is a specific person, at other times it’s the poet, or a general audience, and at times there’s no you at all so the poem addresses itself to the world. Join Pádraig Ó Tuama virtually for this craft talk, a part of the 2024 Camden Festival of Poetry.

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Heartwork: Exploring Rilke's Poetry with Mark S. Burrows
Feb
15

Heartwork: Exploring Rilke's Poetry with Mark S. Burrows

Heartwork explores Rilke’s insistence that we are to “live the questions” in our lives before we can hope to discover any “answers.” How do we do this? He felt that this involved “finding images for [our] transformations,” and lived his vocation as a poet in pursuit of that longing. His poems continue to open us to the wholeness that is always alive within us, even amid what we experience as fragments of brokenness.

Learn more and register here.

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Submitting Your Work for Publication: A  Two-Part Craft Talk and Workshop
Jan
11
to Jan 25

Submitting Your Work for Publication: A  Two-Part Craft Talk and Workshop

Submitting Your Work for Publication: A Two-Part Craft Talk and Workshop with Chelsea Jackson

Do you have stories or poems you'd like to share with the world? Are you new to the submission process and don't know where to start or how to find publication opportunities? In this two-part course, we will demystify the process of publication and equip writers with essential knowledge and tools for submitting.

Learn more and register here.

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Publishing Poetry Today
Aug
20

Publishing Poetry Today

We’ll hear from editors at Poets & Writers Magazine, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Maine Review, and the publisher of the independent press Kelsay Books, joining Meg in a lively discussion of the art and science of getting our poems out into the world. (Full disclosure: Kelsay Books published Meg’s new collection, Magma Intrusions in May 2023).

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Hybrid Forms Laboratory
Jun
18

Hybrid Forms Laboratory

Hybrid Forms Laboratory with Freesia McKee

In this experimental, non-traditional workshop, participants will bring one or two in-progress pieces of writing based on the hybrid prompts provided and, as a group, exchange encouragement and descriptive feedback while facing the fears we may have related to sharing hybrid forms with an audience.

Learn more and register here.

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