LANG 361 - Poetry Writing Workshop

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Workshop in the study, practice, craft, and art of poetry. Students write poetry and also learn how to critique peer work-in-progress. The study, from a poet’s point-of-view, of exemplary texts contemporary and traditional poems as well as statements of poetics, will be included. A study and exploration of imaginative writing that includes craft talks, discussions, in-class writing, techniques for drafting, developing, shaping, revising, and editing work, supportive feedback, and individual meetings for the development of significant projects and for the assessment of work. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: LANG 260 or permission of instructor. Every year.