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Inside the Graduate Poetry Workshop: Receive MFA -Level Feedback on Your Poetry
January 21, 2017 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Join members of the Lesley University MFA poetry faculty for free, small-group poetry workshops, designed to demonstrate how poems are analyzed and discusses in an MFA workshop. During the course of this one-day event, participants will have the opportunity to present their work — up to 1-2 poems or 1-2 pages of poetry — in two of three separate forums led by Lesley faculty: Steven Cramer, Stephen Haven, or Joan Houlihan. As a result, participants will benefit from two distinct perspectives on their poetry. The day will conclude with an open mic reading.
About Lesley University MFA Faculty:
Steven Crameris the author of five poetry collections, most recently Clangings (Sarabande, 2012). He has taught poetry and writing at Bennington College, Boston University, M.I.T., and Tufts University. He currently teaches Creative Writing at Lesley University.
Stephen Haven, Director of Lesley’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, is the author of three books of poetry, most recently The Last Sacred Place in North America (New American Press, 2012). He has taught previously at many universities and cultural centers, including Baylor University, Tufts University, Ashland University, Beijing Normal University, the Meacham Workshops at the University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, the Michigan State Poetry Center, and the Chautauqua Insitution.
Joan Houlihan‘s fifth poetry collection, Shadow-Feast, is forthcoming from Four Way Books in 2018. She has taught poetry writing at Columbia University, Emerson College, and Smith College. She currently teaches at Clark University and in Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program.
This event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Contact Beth Tallett at etallett@lesley.edu.
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