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Shaken And Stirred: Mixing the Genres

ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED. You  can register in person on Saturday at the Northwest Film Center, 934 SW Salmon Saturday, November 5, 2016 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Classroom

$75.00

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ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED. You  can register in person on Saturday at the Northwest Film Center, 934 SW Salmon

Saturday, November 5, 2016
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Classroom B
Northwest Film Center (934 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR 97205)
$75.00 (tuition includes admission to Wordstock)

taught by Shayla Lawson

Commandeer creative license and deconstruct the notion of form! Using the texts of contemporary poets Nelson, Rankine, and others, participants  will find the spaces in which hybridity can open their own work to conquer uncharted narratives.

Shayla Lawson is the author of three poetry collections: A Speed Education in Human Being, PANTONE, and the forthcoming I Think I’m Ready to See Frank Ocean. Her work has appeared in Guernica, Colorado Review, Barrelhouse, The Journal, Indiana Review, and MiPOesias. She is the former Nonfiction Editor of Indiana Review. Follow her on Twitter @blueifiwasnt.