Class Description
In this advanced class, students will put their poems through the paces in order to submit them for publication at the seminar's end. Each class we'll discuss a published poet's revisions and perform an intensive workshop dedicated to multiple revisions of the same poem. We'll pay special attention to how poems manage and engage readers' expectations. We'll also dedicate the final class to a discussion of the questions and problems of publication. Our class will be a testing ground of alternatives and possibilities, and so will our poems. Students should bring one nearly finished poem to the first class.
NOTE: This class will not take place on Memorial Day, May 26th.
Applications for this class have closed. You will hear from the reading committee within a week.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
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This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.