Date: Wednesday, September 18
8:30 am – 10:30 am
Topic: Writing Poems about Place, A Poetry Workshop with Denton Loving
The poet Maurice Manning tells us that place-poetry is not limited to any certain geography or natural setting. Every place is a place! Using various model poems, we’ll dive into three of the most common ways writers create a sense of place in poetry.
Location: Ashe County Public Library
This workshop is free but registration is required as space is limited.
Denton Loving is the author of the poetry collections Crimes Against Birds and Tamp. He is a co-founder and editor at EastOver Press and its literary journal, Cutleaf. For over a decade, he co-directed the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival at Lincoln Memorial University. Denton earned his MFA from Bennington College in Vermont and often sets his poetry in southern Appalachia. He lives on a farm near the Cumberland Gap. dentonloving.com
