Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98213689765?pwd=dTRzQngzY0l2dkpKZ2hidHYyZ1hTZz09Meeting ID: 982 1368 9765AUTHOR BIODavid Stevenson has taught creative writing at universities in the West for over twenty years, and currently serves as Director of the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage. An avid mountaineer, he has contributed fiction, literary non-fiction and essays to a number […]
Are poems solitary, sprouting alone on their single page? Or are they best cultivated in relation to the drafts coming up alongside them? How do connected sequences work on the reader and work for the writer? In this workshop, we’ll explore how writers can leverage patterns and sequences to strengthen their writing practice. Together we […]
The 49 Writers 2021 POETRY BROADSIDE INVITATIONAL In Honor of National Poetry Month SEND US A POEM, PLEASE Between now and March 15, members of 49 Writers are invited to submit poems and imagery for the 2021 Poetry Broadside Invitational, an online poetry exhibit to be posted during the month of April in honor […]
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91746169184?pwd=MVRvbzFYeHljVStwZTRFcDRob2xsZz09 Meeting ID: 917 4616 9184 AUTHOR BIO Iñupiaq poet Marie Tozier is the author of the poetry collection Open the Dark, published in 2020 by Boreal Books/Red Hen Press. The acclaimed collection is a window to Iñupiaq life in northwestern Alaska and has been described as “a portrait of place, family and […]
Telling Tiny Tales: Flash Fictions and Mini Memoirs Join us in a hands-on writing workshop exploring the fastest growing sub-genre in creative writing today. Flash fiction and non-fiction stories. We'll write short, shorter, and shortest pieces. Write your own life, or make one up and see how much of it you can cram into exercises […]
Are poems solitary, sprouting alone on their single page? Or are they best cultivated in relation to the drafts coming up alongside them? How do connected sequences work on the reader and work for the writer? In this workshop, we’ll explore how writers can leverage patterns and sequences to strengthen their writing practice. Together we […]
Author Bio Tom Sexton was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. He pursued undergraduate studies at Northern Essex Community College and earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Salem State College before moving to Alaska in 1970. Here, he pursued graduate studies at the University of Alaska, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts […]
In this three-hour class, acclaimed Alaskan poet Tom Sexton will explore the influence of classical Chinese poets on 20th century American poets. Class will be via Zoom. Link provided soon. Tom Sexton was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. He first came to Alaska as a soldier at Fort Richardson, where he served for two […]
This four-meeting virtual course will explore the pilot episode for the television series. A deep dive into the crucial elements that make some of your favorite series' pilots successful: Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Sopranos, Arrested Development among others. Don't forget the writing! We will write and workshop the first ten pages of your original pilot […]
