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PoetryLyric Yoga: A Generative Writing WorkshopF10-P01
Course Cancelled Beginning Poetry WorkshopF10-P02
Tiny PoemsF10-P03
From Poems to Manuscript--How-tos and WhereforesF10-P04
Poetry: Learning from the MastersF10-P05
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The Bertrand Russell SocietyThurs, Sept. 9 The Bertrand Russell Society was formed shortly after Russell’s death in 1970. Russell was born in 1872 and worked in fields such as mathematical logic; philosophy; social, religious, and educational reform; anti-war protests and politics. An accomplished writer, Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just to members of the society. Visiting Writer Series: Nancy Agabian and Cathy SalibianThurs. Sept. 9: The Visiting Writer Series brings together Writers from out of town as well as from the Greater Rochester Area. Monthly Story Slam Signup: 6:30 pm An open mic of true loose and spontaneous stories based on one’s own life! Each performer gets approximately 5 minutes. Signup list at front desk 1/2 hour before or sign up by emailing Carol Roberts at crobert8@rochester.rr.com with “Monthly Sign Up” in the subject line. Genesee Reading SeriesSept. 14: Steve Lewandowski and Lori Nolasco Now in its 26th year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the W&B Performance Space. Click here to learn more. Senior Reading GroupSept. 14 Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable atmosphere at W&B. History Reading GroupSept. 16: Pericles Join Writers & Books’ history buffs as they explore the big issues and personalities of history. We do not choose specific books, only subjects. You can read any book or other material on the subject and join the discussion. Meets on the third Thursday of each month.
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This workshop engages students in practices designed to help writers generate new material and break old patterns. We will begin class with a combination of exercises focused on breath and movement, and then proceed to writing exercises, reading aloud, and listening. While yoga is the basis of the movements we will use, no previous experience with yoga is necessary. However, those with chronic spine or other injuries should not participate in posture practices. Bring journals and pens. Wear comfortable clothes. Bring a yoga mat and a beach towel, and a cushion if you can, and a bag lunch—beverages will be served by Writers & Books. Also bring one or two poems by a poet whose work you love.
In this Poetry Workshop and Readshop students will read a number of contemporary poems, work on writing and revising their own poetry, explore and discuss essays by renowned poets on the “what” and “how” of poetry, (image, metaphor, sound, rhythm) so that they might become more comfortable with the reading and writing of poetry. Play, the language and the imagination will be stressed. Students will be encouraged to be “creators” with language rather than “transcribers” so that their poems surprise and inform themselves as well as their readers. This class is geared to those who have not
Explore the fascinating world of minimalist Asian-inspired poetry: learn about ancient, traditional forms like haiku, senryu, sijo, and tanka, plus forms like cinquain created by modern poets; do some writing exercises in these forms, followed by a green tea party during which we read our work to each other. Bibliography and hand-outs.
Take a mess of poems, toss them into a pile and stir many times with a large spoon of discipline. Voilà! An editor-ready manuscript! Whether you think you’ve got a book or chapbook ready to go or you’re daunted by the task of compiling one, there’s work to be done! This workshop will guide you through step-by-step of preparing your collection of poems for editorial submission. It’s a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts session that will set provide you with a recipe for success with your poems. Please bring a manuscript-in-progress or a batch of poems you’d like to see assembled one day between book covers. 
Each class in this series examines the work, technique and life of an acknowledged master of modern English language poetry—Eliot, Auden, Pound, Larkin, Ashbury, Frost—and how to apply their approaches to the student’s own writing.