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Dickinson famously wrote: &ldquo;Tell all the truth but tell it slant.&rdquo; And Audre Lorde: &ldquo;Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.&rdquo; Our seminar today is based on the premise that poets, in telling their truth, weave narrative and lyric, the personal and political, autobiography and history in their poems and hybrid works. We will look specifically at work based on three, often overlapping, truth-telling categories: researching archival materials, the poetry of witness or &ldquo;documentary&rdquo; poetics, and the mining of deeply personal experience. Examples provided include poems or portions of poems by Layli Long Soldier, Carolyn Forche, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, and C.D. Wright, among others. We will read aloud and discuss these poems through the double lenses of &ldquo;truth&rdquo; and craft. Based on a study of these poems, students might go on to practice braiding techniques and other narrative strategies in their own truth-telling work.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for Kathy Fagan&#39;s online craft class, Truth: A Poets Raw Material. We&#39;ll be in touch with more information as the date nears. Until then, mark your calendar for Sunday, November 15 at 12:30pm ET. We look forward to seeing you then! Sincerely, Stacy HolmesExecutive Driector

Dickinson famously wrote: “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” And Audre Lorde: “Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.” Our seminar today is based on the premise that poets, in telling their truth, weave narrative and lyric, the personal and political, autobiography and history in their poems and hybrid works. We will look specifically at work based on three, often overlapping, truth-telling categories: researching archival materials, the poetry of witness or “documentary” poetics, and the mining of deeply personal experience. Examples provided include poems or portions of poems by Layli Long Soldier, Carolyn Forche, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, and C.D. Wright, among others. We will read aloud and discuss these poems through the double lenses of “truth” and craft. Based on a study of these poems, students might go on to practice braiding techniques and other narrative strategies in their own truth-telling work.

The Frost Place

Truth: A Poets Raw Material with Kathy Fagan

General Admission

$150

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