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Nonfiction and poetry writing often share similar qualities and many hybrid forms abound: the lyrical essay and prose poem are two such examples. But what if we more intentionally apply poetic forms to our prose? What happens then? In this class, we’ll write into that question. We’ll spend the first two weeks discussing examples of cross-pollinated forms (essays that make use of poetic forms) and doing some generative writing and sharing together. In the last two weeks, participants will share more finished pieces in a constructive and caring workshop format.
• In-Class Writing Lift: Medium
• Homework: Required
• Workshopping Drafts: Intensive
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Amie Whittemore (she/her) is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Nest of Matches (Autumn House Press). Her chapbook, Hesitation Waltz, is forthcoming from the Midwest Writing Center. She was the 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her poems have won multiple awards, including a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize, and her writing has appeared in Blackbird, Colorado Review, Terrain.org, Pleiades, and elsewhere. She teaches creative writing at Eastern Illinois University.
"Amie sent materials enough ahead for us to be familiar with concepts and example poems before we discussed them. In the three hour workshop, we looked at six approaches to personal and persona poems and how these approaches might be used in our own work. Time for discussion, for personal drafts, for breakout sharing with one other class member, and then a return for group summation was applied as much as possible for each of the six approaches. When a class member wanted longer discussion, Amie adjusted the remaining time appropriately so that we left knowing how to approach all six techniques. She's a masterful teacher as well as a fine poet!"
"Amie is a fantastic teacher; she was warm and encouraging and provided excellent examples of poems that we talked through as a class before attempting writing prompts. I would definitely take a class from her again in the future!"
"Amie is an engaging and lively presence on screen. A natural teacher."
