Multi-genre
January 20 to February 14, 2020
Open to All
Tiered Tuition
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At one point in my writing mostly autobiographical poetry and essays/memoir, I got some sage advice from my mentor, Adrienne Rich, who told me that it was time to extend my reach outward, beyond the self, with writing that let in more of the world. In this way, she was advocating for finding the language to talk about the earth, the fires on fire on the earth, the animals, the environment, climate warming, politics and social justice, the economy and any issue which one feels passionate about. In this workshop, we will read essays and poems that face the world as it is in real time, and write our own poems and essays that face that world applying research, if called for, and our singular vision, or despair or hope. Our reading list will include work(s) by Rebecca Solnit, Chase Twitchell, Sharon Olds, James Baldwin, David Wallace-Wells, Elizabeth Kolbert, Joy Harjo, Tracy K. Smith, Dorianne Laux and Adrienne Rich.
Michael Klein has written five books of poetry, including, The Early Minutes of Without: New & Selected Poems. His new book, Happiness Ruined Everything: Essays has just been published by Galileo Press. He is a five-time finalist and two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award in poetry, for his first book, 1990, and for editing the seminal anthology, Poets for Life: 76 Poets Respond to AIDS. He is also the author of two books of autobiography, Track Conditions, a memoir about his time on the racetrack, and The End of Being Known, essays on sex and friendship. His work has appeared in POETRY, Paris Review, American Poetry Review, Tin House, Bennington Review, FENCE, LA Review of Books, Poets & Writers and many other publications. He has taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Binghamton University, Hunter College, the Fine Arts Work Center Summer and for more than 20 years, as part of the MFA-in-Writing faculty at Goddard College. He currently works as a consultant and editor for people working on memoirs and poetry manuscripts.
