Writers Workshop: Mapping Lives and Discovering Connections with Sean Hill

When: Thursday, June 26 from 11:00 AM till 12:30PM at Watermark Art Center with poet and author Sean Hill

No fee to attend, but pre-registration is required as space is limited. Contact Leah Grunzke at lgrunzke@watermarkartcenter.org or call Watermark at 218-444-7570.

Mapping Lives and Discovering Connections

How are we voices for wildness? How does the way we are seen in the places we call home affect how we write about place? Can we re-see through defamiliarization? How do the tools of the craft of poetry teach us how to connect with wildness—both ours and that which is outside of us?

In this writing class, we will map our lives and explore the connections we can build with poetry—nudging words to find their place in syntax, marrying disparates with metaphor, stringing images and thoughts in patterns of ideation and emotion, connecting others to our words—to illuminate connections with the non-human world.

Come prepared to generate ideas and share work written during our time together. Our goals will be finding connections, furthering exploration, spurring generation, and creating the makings of a draft of a new poem.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

MNWC thanks the BSU English Department, Extending Learning, and the College of Creativity, Enterprise & Place, for their support and encouragement.