Join Dorianne for a writing workshop featuring exercises from her new book. This class will dive into Chapter 8: On Blindness.
About the Instuctor:
Dorianne Laux’s sixth collection, Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected Poems was named a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her fifth collection, The Book of Men, was awarded The Paterson Prize. Her fourth book of poems, Facts About the Moon, won The Oregon Book Award and was short-listed for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Laux is also the author of Awake; What We Carry, a finalist for the National Book Critic’s Circle Award; Smoke; as well as a fine small press edition, The Book of Women. She is the co-author of the celebrated text The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry. Her latest collection is Life On Earth and will be released in January of 2024.
About Finger Exercises for Poets:
An illuminating book of concise craft essays and exercises for poets, from Pulitzer Prize finalist and The Poet’s Companion co-author Dorianne Laux.
From “a poet of immense insight and masterful craft” (Kwame Dawes), Finger Exercises for Poets is an engaging invitation to practice poetry alongside one of its masters. With wide-ranging examples from classic and contemporary poets, Dorianne Laux demystifies the magic of language that makes great poetry and offers generative exercises to harness that magic. She explores the syllable and the line, the use of form, poetic responses to contemporary events and personal experiences, the imaginative leap, and the power of a distinct voice. Throughout, Laux reminds us that poetry is a practice as much as an art, and that poets must hone their language as a musician practicing an instrument.
An encouraging, accessible master class in reading and writing poetry, including more than fifty original prompts, Finger Exercises for Poets offers a trove of wisdom and inspiration for both experienced and aspiring poets.
This class is part of an ongoing series with Dorianne offering lessons from Finger Exercises for Poets.
The class will be recorded and made avalible to registered participants for 30 days ... so if you can't attend in real time, you will still recieve the materials and class recording.
To sign up for the full series contact Ellie@emilyspoetryclass.org
