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Grief and the Lyric Essay: SUMMER
$175
Lyrical writing prioritizes music, rhythm, and emotion over the narrative arc. In this course, we will find entry into writing through reading, conversation, and various prompts and exercises to catalyze memory and insight. We will consider how writers crafting memoirs and poetry about grief use lyricism, discursiveness, fragmentation, and silence to embody writing content through form. Participants should be ready to write a lot! Prompts and exercises will help students to access various parts of long and short-term memory. In a short period of time, we will get to know one another and provide a sounding board for our stories.
Access Program
We want our writing classes and Delves to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and Delve tuitions at a reduced rate.Most writing classes have at least one access spot available.
Please apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions.
Class cancellation policy:
If you register for a class and need to cancel before the class begins, here’s a link to our class cancellation policy.
Wendy Noonan
Wendy Noonan’s poetry has appeared in many journals, including Painted Bride Quarterly, Muzzle, Crazy Horse and 2River View. Her creative nonfiction, forthcoming in Diagram, was also featured in Meridian Journal as one of two finalists for their 2020 Editor’s Choice prize. Wendy teaches at Pacific Northwest College of Art and tutors at Portland Community College.
