Writers are no strangers to joy or to sorrow. Our lives contain both, and in abundance. But when it is joy that sits at our table, most of us are too busy experiencingit to wish to write about it. Sorrow, though—sorrow often stirs in us a desire to explore or explain, to make sense of, to come to terms with, to weep into, to rage against… to write. Many writers claim (and research supports) that this sort of writing can have healing properties as we seek to give voice to the difficult events of our lives and to name the pain and injustice we see in the world around us.
Dr. Laura Apol teaches creative writing and literature at Michigan State University. For more than twenty years, she has led workshops for writers of all skill levels in local, national and international contexts. Her poetry has appeared in a number of literary journals and anthologies, and she is the author of several award-winning collections: Falling into Grace; Crossing the Ladder of Sun; Requiem, Rwanda (drawn from her work using writing to facilitate healing among survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi); and, most recently, Nothing but the Blood.
Cost:
$900 for single room, includes all meals, breaks, private room
$750 for shared accommodation, all meals, breaks
Deposit to hold a place: $100
Balance due: March 15, 2019
Limited registration
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Please email name, email address, address & phone number as well as e-transfer deposit or full amount to pepoetry2@gmail.com
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