Poetry
December 9-13, 2024
Open to All
Tiered Tuition
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About the Offering
LIVE via Zoom: 3-5pm (Eastern Time)
What does it mean for a poem to have “earned” its ending? And how do we craft poems that are both memorable and reward re-reading?
In this workshop, we will address these questions, as well as discuss poetic structure, counterpoise, and identify strategies for crafting surprising, yet seemingly inevitable, endings for our poems. Participants may read work by Jericho Brown, Elizabeth Bishop, Larry Levis, Paul Tran, and Victoria Chang, among others. They’ll also experiment with different strategies of closure in their own poems.
Materials Needed
No specific materials needed for this offering.
About the Instructor/Moderator
Nathan McClain
is the author of two collections of poetry—Previously Owned (2022), which was longlisted for the 23rd annual Massachusetts Book Award, and Scale (2017)—both from Four Way Books. He is a recipient of fellowships from The Frost Place, Sewanee Writers Conference, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference; as well, he's a graduate from the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson. A Cave Canem fellow, his poems and prose have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Plume Poetry Anthology 10, The Common, Guesthouse, Poetry Northwest, and Zocalo Public Square, among others. He teaches at Hampshire College and serves as poetry editor of the Massachusetts Review.
Accessibility Information
Their work is regularly exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of over 60 museums. Over the past fifteen years, they have built a sustainable career as a visual artist and have extensive experience working with museums, galleries, universities and nonprofit organizations, publishers, and press outlets. In addition to their own creative work, they are passionate about sharing the professional knowledge they’ve acquired throughout their career with other artists.
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