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.
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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