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<p style='text-indent:.5in'><b>WORKSHOP WITH RENOWNED POET/TEACHER MARVIN BELL</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='text-indent:.5in'><u>POETIC VOICES: PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in'><b><u>CONVENTIONAL THINKING</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Saturday February 9, 2008 12:00—5:30 PM</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>"Poetic
Voices"</span></u></b> with <b>Marvin Bell</b>. What makes for a strong
poetic voice? A personal voice? A distinctive voice? Doth it matter? If so, why
and how? Please bring to the morning session 25 copies of a contemporary poem
that has, to your mind, a distinctive voice--loud or quiet. For the afternoon
session, bring 25 copies of one of your own poems. Please do not bring a poem
that has been used in a workshop previously and, of course, save the epic. If
torn between a poem interestingly written and a poem with a big subject, choose
the former. There is no one way to write and no right way to write. Let's see
if we can pull the rug out from under conventional thinking and have some fun
along the way. <u>*Please buy this book<i>: Mars Being Red--</i>paperback only
from Copper Canyon Press. on Amazon *</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>He is the author several books of poetry, most
recently <i>Mars Being Red</i> (Copper Canyon Press, 2007); <i>Rampant</i>
(2004); <i>Nightworks: Poems, 1962-2000</i> (2000); <i>Ardor: The Book of the
Dead Man, Volume 2</i> (1997); <i>A Marvin Bell Reader: Selected Poetry and
Prose</i> (1994); <i>The Book of the Dead Man</i> (1994); <i>Iris of Creation</i>
(1990); <i>New and Selected Poems</i> (1987); <i>Stars Which See, Stars Which
Do Not See</i> (1977), which was a finalist for the National Book Award; <i>A
Probable Volume of Dreams</i> (1969), which was a Lamont Poetry Selection of
the Academy of American Poets; and <i>Things We Dreamt We Died For</i> (1966).
He has also published <i>Old Snow Just Melting: Essays and Interviews</i>, as
well as <i>Segues: A Correspondence in Poetry</i> with <span style='font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.poets.org/wstaf" target="_blank"><span
style='color:#3E6795;text-decoration:none'>William Stafford</span></a></span>
(both in 1983).His honors include the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Award in Literature, Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts
fellowships, and Senior Fulbright appointments to Yugoslavia and Australia. He
was on the staff of the The University of Iowa's Writers Workshop for more than
thirty years, where he was the Flannery O'Connor Professor of Letters. He also
served as a visiting lecturer at Oregon State University, Goddard College, the
University of Hawaii, the University of Washington, and elsewhere. Beginning in
2000, Bell served two terms as the state of Iowa's first Poet Laureate. Marvin
Bell has been called "an insider who thinks like an outsider," and
his writing has been called "ambitious without pretension." <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>$85 Limit 16 Attendees get into the reading (at
7:30) for Free!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>12:00-5:30 PM/ Audits $45 Lunch & Afternoon
goodies included<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Optima","serif";color:black'>The
Ruskin Art Club</span></b><span style='font-family:"Optima","serif";color:black'>
800 S Plymouth Blvd Los Angeles CA 90005</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Optima","serif";color:black'>1
block s of Wilshire/3blocks w of Crenshaw</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Optima","serif";color:black'>310-936-7484
Elena Karina Byrne, Literary Programs Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Checks made payable to the <b>Ruskin Art Club</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Po Box 3761 Palos Verdes Peninsula CA 90274<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>They must be received 1 week prior to the workshop, unless
otherwise arranged.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Deposits of $35 non-refunable unless we cancel the
workshop<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Questions: Elena Karina Byrne <a
href="mailto:Ekduende@cox.net" target="_blank">Ekduende@cox.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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