angela.rydell - Craft and Critique "...this was a fresh and energetic class, and I know my poetry wi

Upcoming Class...

Summer Craft & Critique Workshop : The Devil in the Details

JULY 20TH, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fee: $65.00 (includes one in-class critique); $75.00 (includes one in-class critique and one private critique)
Location: Gillian Never's home (a cat-free home in the Vilas Neighborhood--directions provided upon request/registration)
Registration: contact Angela at ajrydell@wisc.edu

Description:

This summer, heat up your poetry with passionate particulars. Devote a day to exploring the vivid details that authenticate great work. Where do you draw the line between rich detail that enhances a poem and description that dazzles the writer but not the reader?

We'll explore the multitude of cataloguing, the resonance of descriptive objects, and examine how particulars bring both the personal and the political home to the reader. Analysis and discussion, interspersed with dynamic exercises, will give hints on when to describe with gusto and when to hold back.

Submit up to two poems for optional critique (one for in-class critique, another returned w/written comments). Bring a sack lunch. Together we'll lust after, size up and flirt with the devil in the details until we "bring the devil to his knees."

For more details, contact Angela at ajrydell@wisc.edu.

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CLASS OVERVIEW

Welcome to Craft & Critique, a private poetry workshop and craft class I've been teaching out of my home since the spring of 2005.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who can take Craft & Critique?

The workshop is open to poets of all experience levels, from the beginner to the advanced poet.

How often does it meet?

The workshop and craft class typically meets once a week for 4-6 weeks in the spring and fall--though we're continuing through the summer this year, the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. The length of time the class runs varies, depending on my own schedule as well as other poetry workshop/class offerings in the UW-Continuing Studies Program and throughout Madison.

What do we do?

Craft & Critique, as its name implies, combines the dynamic focus of craft analysis and discussion with the inspiring feedback of group critiques.

The first half of each meeting includes a craft talk on a chosen topic, discussion and analysis of model poems, as well as energizing exercises that experiment with craft and writing process.

After a break for tea and snacks, we return to give supportive and constructive critiques of each other's work.