EPISTOLARY POEMS
$45
While letters are kept private, our poems, however intimate, are often intended for public audiences. The epistolary poem is a marriage of these disparate domains. Participants in this one day class will read, draft, and collaborate in revising letter poems that balance the public with the private, the close-to-bone with the common. What’s shared will buoy what’s unsaid; our poems will be meditations on this tension. Through generative, constraint-based prompts, participants will explore the tension between forms of direct address and forms of poetic allusion to speak to, or point towards, what’s been left unsaid in their poems.
Access Program
We want our writing classes and seminars 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 seminar 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.
Liaison position
Every in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts. Apply here for the liaison position.
Sam Olson
Raised in Portland, Oregon, Sam Olson holds an MFA in poetry from Oregon State University, where he currently teaches science writing and composition courses. In the past, he worked as an environmental educator, wilderness ranger, and backcountry stream surveyor. His poems and essays appear in Bluestem, Denver Quarterly, Watershed Review, and Portland Review, among others.
