The Time Is Now
Invent new words, change your perceptions, or get mistaken for strangers--three exercises to flex your creative muscles.
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The Poet’s Job: How I Make a Living in Poetry
Alaska’s Fiddling Poet, who over the past twenty years has been playing his fiddle and reading poems for audiences across the country, talks about how he has built a career—and a life—out of touring and sharing his music and poetry with others.
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The Time Is Now
Compose a poem from a stranger’s perspective, unlock your unconscious with “automatic writing,” or create your own astrological forecast—three prompts to help you reach new depths in your writing.
Jenny Boully Craft Capsule: Chicago 2015
Author Jenny Boully presents "Beginnings and Endings: Revising Lives in Nonfiction" as part of the Craft Capsules portion of Poets & Writers Live in Chicago on June 20, 2015.
Roger Reeves Craft Capsule: Chicago 2015
Poet Roger Reeves presents “The Work of Poetry in the Age of Ferguson, Baltimore, and Charleston: Towards a Klepto_Poetics” as part of the Craft Capsules portion of Poets & Writers Live in Chicago on June 20, 2015.
Edward Kelsey Moore Craft Capsule: Chicago 2015
Novelist Edward Kelsey Moore presents "Making Up the Truth: Using Real-Life Experiences to Enrich Fiction" as part of the Craft Capsules portion of Poets & Writers Live in Chicago on June 20, 2015.
The Art of Reading Per Petterson: Finding Appalachia in a Norwegian Novel
Even in translation, Norwegian author Per Petterson’s prose is intensely rhythmic and lyrical, evoking something akin to the oral tradition of Appalachian storytelling.
Where We Write: Iowa
Iowa isn’t just the Writers’ Workshop. A native Iowan talks about how she learned to capture the true nature of her home state, and the stoic people who live there, in her writing.
The Written Image: Jennifer Collier
UK artist Jennifer Collier uses repurposed books and papers to sculpt an array of art objects inspired by the very materials used to create them—from stilettos made from the pages of Little Women to gloves fashioned from the illustrated text of Alice in Wonderland—each finished project a reflection of the written words from which it’s made.
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The Art of Reading John Berryman: Waking Up in The Dream Songs
A personal and in-depth look at the life and poetry of John Berryman, with particular focus on The Dream Songs.
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