Poetry Writing Workshop with Left Margin Lit @North

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This class will train our attention on short poems that use painterly images and surprising (or at least interesting) juxtapositions and transitions. Optional writing exercises will riff off of assigned readings, but the writers in this class should bring other short poems they'd like workshopped to our friendly, supportive classroom. Our goals include building a poetry community and fostering a sense of playfulness in our writing. Poets of all experience levels are welcome.

Instructor Bio: David Roderick is the author of two poetry collections, Blue Colonial and The Americans. He co-directs Left Margin LIT, a creative writing center and work space for writers here in Berkeley.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library.