Writers' Center expands vocabulary and classes for new literary ...

Jennifer Shore | Staff Writer

Though the Writers? Center still offers regular workshops with its writers-in-residence, some of this summer?s selection of classes branch out across the Institution.

During Week Five, poet Jim Daniels will allow Chautauquans to explore the grounds and will then gather their responses to visual art. Clara Silverstein, Writers? Center program director, said she thinks attendees will enjoy it along with the other classes.

?It?s really a wonderful opportunity to study with an expert in poetry,? she said.

Week One

The 2012 Season begins with writers-in-residence David Lazar and Joan Murray.

Lazar, who has taught at Ohio University and Columbia College Chicago, will speak about prose writing during his lecture and workshops.

Murray, a poet, playwright and fiction writer, will discuss the emotions found in poetry. She is the editor of two collections, The Pushcart Book of Poetry and Poems to Live By In Uncertain Times.

Week Two

?From Trickle to Flow? is the theme of poet-in-residence James Armstrong?s workshop. He teaches at Winona State University and has published two poetry books, Monument in a Summer Hat and Blue Lash.

Ann Hood, bestselling and prize-winning author, is a writer-in-residence who will focus on writing personal essays in her workshop.

Week Three

Both writers-in-residence will focus on writing from inside the mind. Prose writer Josh Rolnick will tap into the subconscious mind, and poetry writer Marjorie Maddox will focus on writing from imagination.

Maddox is the director of creative writing and an English professor at Lock Haven University, whose eight collections of poetry have won numerous awards.

Rolnick, author of Pulp and Paper, a collection of short stories, publishes Sh?ma, a Jewish idea journal, and edits Unstuck, an annual independent literary publication.

Week Four

Poet-in-residence Patricia Jabbeh Wesley?s ?Writing as a Tool in Healing: A Living Experience? workshop will sift through vulnerability to explore memory. Wesley, a creative writing teacher at Pennsylvania State University at Altoona, is a Liberian Civil War survivor.

Joe Kita, prose writer-in-residence and author of six books, will help Chautauquans funnel memories into writing a memoir. He has appeared on ?Oprah,? launched magazines in foreign countries and faced his biggest fears.

Week Five

Jim Daniels, poet-in-residence and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, will look at ekphrastic writing ? response to visual art ? in his workshop. The Chautauqua grounds have art that will be examined to inspire writing. Daniels has published 13 books of poetry and four fiction books.

How life experiences change stories will be discussed during prose writer-in-residence Kashmira Sheth?s workshop. Sheth, an author of children and young adult books, teaches at the Solstice Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College.

Week Six

With less than half the season left, the writers-in-residence will explore imagination and characters.

Regardless of writing interest, prose writer Jonathan Eig stresses the importance of character. Eig is a best-selling author and former Wall Street Journal writer. His work has appeared in several publications, and he has appeared on NPR?s ?Fresh Air? and ?The Daily Show? with Jon Stewart.

Poet Gregory Donovan will talk about the balance of memory and imagination. His poetry and fiction have appeared in a number of journals, and he is currently a faculty member of the graduate-level creative writing program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Week Seven

Picasso once said, ?Art is the lie that tells the truth,? and it is the topic of poet-in-residence Julia Kasdorf?s workshop. She is a Pushcart Prize winner and teacher at The Pennsylvania State University.

Matthew Goodman, the prose writer-in-residence, will help Chautauquans develop their creative non-fiction techniques. He authored three books ? two narratives and a cookbook ? and has served as commentator and teacher for various organizations.

Week Eight

J. David Stevens is the prose writer-in-residence who will talk about revolutionary and radical writers. Stevens, a professor at the University of Richmond, is the author of Mexico is Missing and Other Stories.

Poet Gabriel Welsch will experiment with the fine line of poetry as Chautauquans read their works in the workshop. Welsch is vice president of advancement and marketing at Juniata College and has authored works that have appeared in several journals.

Week Nine

The final week at Chautauqua brings writers-in-residence Susan Choi and Rick Hilles to the Writers? Center.

Choi, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and prose writer, is the author of three novels. In the workshop, she will help hone the two ingredients of fiction: imitation and invention.

Poet Rick Hilles is assistant professor of English at Vanderbilt University, and he will wrap up the summer by discussing sonnets. He is the author of the award-winning poetry collection Brother Salvage.

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