In this 8-week workshop at the SF Creative Writing Institute you will find inspiration, play, experiment with new forms and generative exercises, explore the craft of poetry, create and edit new work, and share and receive feedback, support, and encouragement.
This class is open to all levels of writers and all styles of poetry. Whether you’re already a published poet or a you’ve never written a poem, this is an opportunity to establish, re-establish, or deepen your writing practice, find your way onto the page, learn new techniques and forms, and connect to a thriving local writing community.
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~Anaïs Nin
SF Creative Writing Institute
WeWork Golden Gate
25 Taylor St., SF (near Powell St BART)
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Sept 27 - Nov 15, 2015
2pm -5pm
SIGN UP HERE: http://sfwriting.institute/portfolio/fall-2015-classes-3/
About the Instructor:
Hollie Hardy is the author of How to Take a Bullet, And Other Survival Poems (Punk Hostage Press, 2014). She holds an MFA in poetry from SFSU, and teaches writing classes at College of Liberal & Creative Arts, San Francisco State University, Berkeley City College, and SF Creative Writing Institute. An active participant in the Bay Area literary scene, Hardy co-hosts the popular reading series Saturday Night Special, an East Bay open mic, She’s a core producer for the Beast Crawl Lit Fest in Oakland, co-curator of Litquake's Flight of Poets, and a former Editor-in-Chief of Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous literary journals including Oakland Review, Red Light Lit, Eleven Eleven Journal, sPARKLE & bLINK, The Common, A Sharp Piece of Awesome, Parthenon West Review, One Ded Cow, Transfer Magazine, Milvia Street, and other journals. She lives in Oakland, CA.
More about Hollie Hardy at:
https://www.holliehardy.com
Q&A about the class here: http://sfwriting.institute/2015/09/10/fall-2015-newsletter/
Learn about SF Creative Writing Institute here: http://sfwriting.institute/
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