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What is Reading Like a Writer?

Reading like a writer means being impacted by a piece of literature and investigating how the writer did it.

Reading like a writer means being impacted by a piece of literature and investigating how the writer did it. Successful works of writing succeed for different reasons―a distinctive voice, moving storytelling, an empowering message, etc. Writers don’t achieve that recognition randomly: they earn it by crafting every plot point and character, every stanza and line break, with care and precision. As a reader-slash-writer, it’s up to you to pay attention to these craft elements, and how they contribute to the work as a whole. read more ... and here... this page may be most helpful

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Kentucky Book Festival Schedule

Kentucky Book Festival Schedule By Danielle Donham Oct. 29, 2021 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 29, 2021) — The 40th annual Kentucky Book Festival returns to Lexington with a mix of virtual and in-person events scheduled from Monday, Nov. 1, to Saturday, Nov. 6. This year’s celebration features 140 authors who will sign books, participate in discussions and more, culminating in a daylong celebration at Joseph-Beth Booksellers on Saturday, Nov. 6. The weekdays events are a mix of in-person and ticketed events available at http://kybookfestival.org/2021-events . These signings, conversations, trivia, meals, presentations and activities serve to celebrate the literary heritage within the Commonwealth. The University of Kentucky is the Main Stage sponsor of the festival on Nov. 6. Authors and editors from the University Press of Kentucky and UK, including College of Engineering alumnus and former UK trustee...

Final Portfoli

Final Portfolio for UK ENG 607 Your final portfolio assignment is a chapbook of 12-15 poem. The chapbook must be submitted electronically in a Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Microsoft Publisher document. The portfolio is due December 15, 2021 via canvas assignments and email. Overall Task: Create a chapbook electronically using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Microsoft Publisher of This final portfolio may extend from the poems you workshopped in class or your class presentation. Context: The final portfolio will be comprised of 12-15 poems and a 250 word artist statement Format: The 250 word academic reflection should follow the title page and table of contents of the chapbook. The 12-15 poems should follow the artist statement. You have the option of including acknowledgements at the end of the chapbook. Considerations: The 250 word artist statement will reflect your artistic influences and may reflect the...

Poetic Sensibilities by Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States. Learn more about her here . When I workshopped some poems with her at Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, she shared with us her "Poetic Sensibilities". They were genius, much like their author. If I remember correctly, these sensibilities included: Narrative Sensibility Sonic Sensibility Philosophical/Intellectual Sensibility Emotional Sensibility Architectural Sensibility Visual Sensibility Let us take a moment to discuss these sensibilities as a means of discovering what we value in poems and why we value those attributes. Finally, let us try to use these "sensibilities" to discuss what we value and what can be strengthened in the poems we read and share.

ENG 607: MFA Poetry Workshop

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