Past Events
Poetry in the Park, March 12, 2010 ...more...
USPS Workshops
March 6, 2010 with
Marianne Klekacz
Take Down the Scaffolding
In “Take Down the Scaffolding,” Marianne Klekacz will help workshop participants explore ways to create
new material and then extract the art from what they’ve generated. Although Klekacz is primarily a poet,
she says the techniques work for both poetry and prose.
The workshop is designed for writers at all levels of their craft, even those who are just thinking about writing.
Participants will learn some techniques for finding new material and then explore how to extract the real creation
from a rough draft.
Together, participants will explore the evolution of original writing from the first rough draft through finished copy.
The workshop will include practice of these techniques. Attendees should bring paper and a pencil or pen to write with,
but no computers, please.
Marianne Klekacz says she is an “accidental poet” who came to the craft entirely by chance. She lives and writes
off the grid in the Big Elk valley west of Mary’s Peak at Salado, Oregon. She earned a B.A. in English and Writing
from Marylhurst University and an M.F.A. in Writing from Pacific University. Her first chapbook,
Life Science, won
the Edna Meudt Memorial Award in 2003. Her first full-length collection,
When Words Fail, was published by
Dancing Moon Press in June, 2009.
February 13, 2010 with
Rob Carney
Rob Carney is the author of two books—Weather Report (Somondoco Press, 2006) and
Boasts, Toasts, and Ghosts (Pinyon Press, 2003), winner of the Pinyon Press National Poetry Book Award—and
two chapbooks, New Fables, Old Songs (Dream Horse Press, 2003) and
This Is One Sexy Planet (Frank Cat Press, 2005).
His work has appeared in Mid-American Review, Quarterly West, and dozens of other journals,
as well as Flash Fiction Forward, a W.W. Norton collection of the 80 best flash fiction pieces
published between 1996 and 2006. He is a two-time winner of the Utah Book Award for Poetry,
as well as a former Utah Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Recipient for Poetry.
He is a Professor of English and Literature at Utah Valley University and lives in Salt Lake City.
January 9, 2010, with Barbara Murdock
Barbara Murdock taught creative writing for twenty-seven years at Salt Lake
City’s East High School, where she was adviser for Pencilings and Take Five. In
1997, she was named Distinguished Teacher by the White House Commission on
Presidential Scholars and the United States Office of Education. She has served on
the boards of Writers @ Work, City Art, and the Utah Humanities Council. She
conducts writing workshops for children and adults and is a private editor and
consultant. Having enjoyed two years of writing and traveling during a brief
retirement, she has now returned part time to East High working with students
who struggle with English.
Note: during this workshop, Barbara will guide the attendees in some writing exercises,
so everyone will go home with the makings of a poem.
November 14, 2009 Workshop with Joyce Ellen Davis
Joyce Ellen Davis is a grandmother of eight. She is also a writer from Salt Lake City, Utah,
where she resides with one husband, two dogs, and a lovebird. Her novel, CHRYSALIS, received
a $5,000 publication grant from the Utah Arts Council, and was nominated for the
American Book Award. Her poetry book, IN WILLY'S HOUSE, won her a USPS Laureate Award.
She co-authored a poetry textbook, ON EXTENDED WINGS. Pindrop Press is publishing her poetry
collection, PEPEK THE ASSASSIN, in 2010. Her blog
(thelittlegod.blogspot.com)
is a miscellany of opinions, pictures, and poems. The welcome mat is always out.