MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR THREE MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS APRIL 16th, MAY 14th and JUNE 4th

April 16 Publishing Your Poetry: A Market Overview Panelists:

May 14 A Tribute to Donald Justice

DON SHARE Poetry Editor, Harvard Review Curator, Poetry Room, Harvard University   WILLIAM PIERCE Senior Editor, AGNI   HARRY THOMAS Editor-in-Chief, Other Press     JOAN HOULIHAN Editor-in-Chief, Perihelion Senior Editor, Del Sol Review   GARY METRAS Editor and Publisher, Adastra Press

Participants: Jorie Graham Peter Sacks Christopher Jane Corkery Steven Cramer Joyce Peseroff Don Share Harry Thomas

(Click on above thumbnail pictures for bios and larger pictures.) Saturday, April 16, 3:00 to 5:00 PM Fee $5 (free to Concord Poetry Center members)    Whether your interests are in publishing individual poems, chapbooks, or full-length collections, this event is for you. Editors from top journals and presses will share anecdotes and experiences and shed light on today’s poetry market. Our panel of experts represent nationally recognized on-line journals, university reviews, literary magazines, and small press and letterpress publishers. Bring your questions!

Saturday, May 14, 7:00 PM Fee $6  (CPC members free)   Please join us for a memorial reading and tribute to internationally acclaimed poet Donald Justice. Winner of the Pulitzer and Bollingen Prizes in Poetry, Donald Justice is equally admired for his poetry collections and for his eminent career as a teacher. The poet’s life and work will be celebrated by the panel of distinguished poets, many of whom were Justice’s students and colleagues.  Readings from Justice’s work will be enhanced by the personal reminiscences of those who knew him. This very special evening is a must for poets and poetry lovers alike.    A reception will follow.

WORKSHOPS	CLASSES	CPC BACKGROUND	OTHER ACTIVITIES
New Seeds for Writing Saturday, April 9, 1-4 pm Fee: $35 (CPC members, $28) Sophie Wadsworth, Instructor ”Poems would be easy if our heads weren't so full of the day's clatter. The task is to get through to the other side, where we can hear the deep rhythms that connect us with the stars and the tides.”--Stanley Kunitz This workshop offers a day of exploring poetry, writing, and discovering new ideas on the page. Poems by poets ranging from E.E. Cummings to Rumi will offer inspiration, and we’ll explore what makes poetry accessible, full of music, and spiritually vital. Emphasis will be on discovering our own wildest ideas. We’ll try a variety of writing exercises to begin new poems, and talk about ways to cultivate-- or deepen-- a writing practice. Both beginning and experienced writers welcome. Poems and related articles will be provided. Sophie Wadsworth's Bio Building the Better Poem Wednesdays, 7-9, 5 weeks, $200 (members, $160) Start date: April 13 Joan Houlihan, Instructor This workshop focuses on the development of poetic craft by examining the essential devices and techniques that make a poem successful. Participants will explore these techniques in exercises and by submitting their work for group critique. Joan Houlihan's Bio	Wallace Stevens: Choices of the Imagination Tuesdays, 7-9 pm, 5 weeks, $150 (members, $120) Start date: April 12 Michael Perrow, Instructor Many consider Stevens the essential voice of 20th century modern poetry, whose strong influence is evident throughout much of the contemporary canon. Exactly 50 years since his death, how does Stevens'influence stack up against the confessionals, the New York school, the neo-surrealists, the language poets? In this five-week seminar, we will explore his major poems and -- time permitting -- everything in between, closely reading to discover style, thematic obsessions, and the choices of a poetic imagination that will inform your own decisions in the creative process. Michael Perrow's Bio	Mission of the Center The Concord Poetry Center (CPC) seeks to provide activities and services for poets, poetry-lovers, students of poetry and teachers throughout metro-west Boston. Located in the Emerson Umbrella for the Arts Building in the heart of Concord, CPC serves as a community for poets and poetry-lovers as well as a place for poetry courses, workshops, seminars, publication consultations, readings, and performances. CPC serves the many unaffiliated poets in the Greater Boston area who wish to improve their writing skills as well as those who simply want to hear and enjoy poetry with others. About Us The Concord Poetry Center is a self-contained program sponsored by the Emerson Umbrella for the Arts cultural organization and shares its facilities as well as its non-profit status and Board of Directors. More at: Who We Are and History of CPC Facilities As a resident program within Emerson Umbrella for the Arts, CPC has access to the use of auditoriums and a number of large and small rooms. The Center is easily accessible by commuter rail and car for the many individuals and families who come to Concord for its exceptional historic and artistic attractions.	Visit Members' Gallery You'll find a short bio for each one listed so far, and, with any luck, a picture. Visit Gallery Membership The several levels of membership and support are described here A recent membership list and a link to a membership application form are also provided.

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