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Blending the classic literary salon with the traditional poetry workshop, this 6-week workshop will focus on creating a community space for writers to reimagine their own material, to read contemporary and classic poems, to discuss elements of poetic craft, and most importantly to generate “new” work by way of revision.
“Poets do most of their heavy lifting in relative solitude,” says instructor Brian Tierney, “but finding a community in which the rigor of one’s writing life can flourish and be challenged is crucial to enlarging a poet’s skillset and confidence. Sometimes we just need fresh eyes to re-see, reimagine, and revise.”
The course will be offered periodically throughout the year, and is designed to foster and sustain a community workshop space that participants can enter and re-enter. While the class is primarily focused on discussion and revision, The Revolving Door will also incorporate aspects of generative workshops, and will challenge participants to re-engage their own work in ways that fuse prompt-based generative practices and revision practices.
Poets will be expected to bring in drafts of poems, preferably work that will benefit from overhaul.
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- Sunday, January 26, 10:30am-1:00pm
- Sunday, February 02, 10:30am-1:00pm
- Sunday, February 09, 10:30am-1:00pm
- Sunday, February 16, 10:30am-1:00pm
- Sunday, February 23, 10:30am-1:00pm
- Sunday, March 01, 10:30am-1:00pm
Brian is well-organized, very prepared, skillful at crafting the discussions and class dynamic, offers bright and helpful insight in ways that can be heard. The format reminds me of writing workshops I took in college— in a good way. I appreciate the opportunity to read deeply and discuss carefully. I appreciate getting homework. I appreciate the process of workshopping and revision. In short, I love the class— I feel invigorated and enriched by it.
- Brian is clearly thoughtful and creative in his organization of the classes, with a fine blend of the poetry of the greats, with our own work in class. He has created an extremely supportive environment for our work, but has invited serious critique of one another's poetry. I really like that, and am looking forward to more poetry at Writing Salon - and with Brian.
- This is an enthusiastic endorsement for Brian - I'm a long time educator so I know what to look for. Brian is well planned, knowledgeable and reflective. He's sensitive to the class and to individual needs as well as leading us to a wider appreciation of poetry and helping us to feel our way to what 'good' poetry means. He is careful not to get in the way of our individual creative processes nor to be too prescriptive. I recommend him without reservation.
Even before receiving his academic-quality syllabus and opening day readings, I knew Brian was the real thing. He was prepared, organized, thoughtful. He displays vast poetic knowledge, in an engaging manner, such that everyone learns and hones skill, even tho each poet's playing field varies. Brian also has a commendable grasp of group-facilitation, moving disparate thinkers and writers, of all ages, abilities, attitudes, and anguish - to dwell in their work, go deeper, workshop the writing, re-work it.
I am enjoying Brian's style and content very much, and feel I am growing because of his input and the way he draws the other students out to share their perceptions and their experiences. He seems very serious, well prepared, and eager to share his knowledge and expertise.