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Writing with the Image

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Learn practical strategies for putting the image at the center of our writing and see what kind of poem emerges when your images are assembled or magnetized by each other.

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Writing with the Image
Writing with the Image

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Feb 18, 2023, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST

Zoom

About the Event

The image is typically treated as one tool among many in the poet’s toolbox. You use an image, to make a point, to ornament an idea. But images are really the building blocks of poetry—not an ornament, but the structure itself. In this class, we’ll study the work of Jenny Xie, a poet who shows how powerful images can be, when they stand on their own, asking us to find connections between them; or, alternately, to pause on each image, savoring its particular pungency. And we’ll talk about practical strategies for putting the image at the center of our own writing. What kind of poem emerges when your images are allowed to assemble into unpredictable, unexpected constellations, when your images are magnetized by each other?

TOBY ALTMAN is the author of two books, Discipline Park (Wendy’s Subway, 2022) and Arcadia, Indiana (Plays Inverse, 2017). He recently received a 2021 Fellowship…

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  • Writing with the Image

    Here is your link to the Writing with the Image workshop by Toby Altman, hosted by the Nebraska Poetry Society. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84663681674?pwd=dllOdEt5dzBqdk42cHEzZmJKZUk1dz09 Meeting ID: 846 6368 1674 Passcode: 055471 One tap mobile +16694449171,,84663681674#,,,,*055471# US +16699006833,,84663681674#,,,,*055471# US (San Jose)

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