Most of our poetry workshops start this week, and there are a couple spots still available! You can join Elline Lipkin's Poetry II class on Tuesday in Eagle Rock or her Poetry I class on Thursday in Franklin Village/Hollywood. Poetry is on fire this year, so enroll soon to secure your seat!
Poetry I (taught by Elline Lipkin in Franklin Village) – 2 spots left!
Thursdays
7:30 to 9:30 pm
July 27, 2021 to September 21, 2021 (with no class on August 24)
Through original creative work, revision, reading, and discussion, this eight-week workshop will focus on making poems that are driven by a keen attention to language, image, and sound. Our task will be engaging with each other’s work and the weekly readings in order to explore the ways poetry can recover more complex imaginative and perceptive possibilities. As poet Mark Doty wisely asserts: “Our metaphors go on ahead of us; they know before we do.” We will be putting Doty’s assertion to the test with an emphasis on generative writing exercises that lead us into surprising and unexpected creative spaces.
This class is open to students at all levels and will take place in Glassell Park, where wine, sparkling water, small snacks will be served.
Enrollment limit: 8 students
$390 for new students; $350 for returning students. (Payment plans available to returning students.)
Poetry II (taught by Elline Lipkin in Eagle Rock) – 1 spot left!
Tuesdays
7:30 to 9:30 pm
July 25, 2021 to September 12, 2021
In this eight-week intermediate workshop, students will continue to study a variety of classic and newer poetic forms to figure out how they do what they do so well. Students will have assignments that offer the chance to learn through imitation and example, and they will be encouraged to apply the craft techniques studied to their own ongoing writing projects. Students will use the table of contents from different models to discuss how to structure a poetry project and how sections, themes, and images speak to one another. Consideration will be given to ordering each student's own manuscript in development and students will have the opportunity to workshop up to 20 pages of poetry. We will develop a sense of community as we share our discoveries and deepen our practice of this craft. Previous experience studying poetry and/or enrollment in Mixed Levels Poetry is recommended.
This class is open to students at all levels and will take place in Eagle Rock, where wine, sparkling water, small snacks will be served.
Enrollment limit: 8 students
$390 for new students; $350 for returning students. (Payment plans available to returning students.)
Elline Lipkin is a scholar and poet who has edited for a variety of newspapers, magazines, and journals. Her collection of poetry The Errant Thread was chosen by Eavan Boland for the Kore Press First Book Award. Her second book, Girls’ Studies, explores contemporary girlhood in America and was published by Seal Press. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature. She is widely published as a poet and her nonfiction writing has appeared in Salon.com, Ms., and other contemporary sources. A former resident at Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Contemporary Arts, and Dorland, Elline has been a speaker at the Napa Valley Writers Conference and the Writer-in-Residence at the Paper & Book Intensive. Elline has taught creative writing to students of all ages and is the current Poet Laureate of Altadena.