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Creative WritingWriting for Health and WellbeingJA9-C01
Writing to Change ConsciousnessJA9-C02
The Art of the Personal EssayJA9-C03
A hybrid form, as bastardized as the mythological griffin or a dog pound mutt, it is part science, part art, has elements of fiction, memoir, argumentative and expository writing. Its broad compass includes 1st person narratives, personality profiles, pop culture features, reviews of art, music, movies, scientific and technological advances, and the sociological, and political aspects of current events. This five week workshop will examine the craft of the personal essay, analyze successful models from popular magazines and newspapers such as the New Yorker, Smithsonian, Newsweek, The Sun, Art Times, Pittsburgh Gazette, etc. The larger part of the class will be dedicated to workshopping your manuscripts in-progress and discussing submission strategies.
Getting Started in Children’s Books—Part II
Have you written a children’s book? Are you considering writing one? Published children’s author and illustrator Will Hubbell provides three hours of essential information on getting published for aspiring children’s authors. Topics include the nut-and-bolts of submission, the publishing process, agents, contracts, and even taxes. Handouts provided. Note: This class can be taken independently of Part I.
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The Beautiful Necessity: The Regulating Lines of Claude Bragdon’s Transcendental ArchitectureWednesday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m. “In nature, in number, in geometry, in music, also, there is but one law, a law infinitely simple, infinitely subtle, incommunicable, evanescent. It is what Emerson calls the Beautiful Necessity. Gentlemen, let us build altars to that Beautiful Necessity.” First Fridays / Wide Open MicHosted by Norm Davis Along with other local galleries and performance spaces, W&B will be open on the first Friday evenings of each month hosting Wide Open Mic, and a series of other readings and performances in our Verb Café and Performance Space. Known for its eclectic mix, Wide Open Mic welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds. It is Rochester’s longer-running open mic, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by Wanda Schubmehl Now in its 26th year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the W&B Performance Space. Senior Reading GroupHosted by Norm Davis Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable atmosphere at W&B. Members Night EventsWed., August 11th 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Adult If you aren’t a member of W&B, here is your chance to join at the door and enjoy a special read-aloud with audience participation on August 11th. The Bertrand Russell SocietyHosted by David White 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.
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Learn about the amazing research showing how writing boosts the immune system, reduces pain and insomnia, lowers blood pressure, and has so many other health benefits that, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association, “similar outcome evidence for a new drug” would put it in “widespread use within a short time.” We’ll use prompts in storytelling, journaling and poetry to promote physical, emotional and mental health.
Writers write to change consciousness, and to change consciousness, theirs and their readers’, writers need to be handy with ideas as well as with works. This seminar will pick apart the ideational structure of some specimens of best-selling, popular philosophy and then scrutinize material under development by members of the seminar. Those who wish to will have the opportunity to sample their work before audiences at the Bertrand Russell Society, St. John Fisher College, and the Popular Culture Association.
Do you have a burning need to express your point of view, your unique vision of things? The personal essay might be the way. The personal essay of less than a thousand words, because of its use in end-page essays and one-page features in popular magazines, trades, and as op ed feature essays in newspapers has become an increasingly popular genera for established writers as well as beginners.