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Tin House Summer Workshop Lectures: Natalie Diaz, D. A. Powell, Camille T. Dungy, Garth Greenwell, Kelly Link, and Justin Torres, with Elizabeth DeMeo
July 13, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 4:20 pm
$109:00 am – 9:50 am, Vollum Lecture Hall
The Necessary and Dangerous Differences Between Sense and Sensuality, with Natalie Diaz
2:30 pm – 3:20 pm, Vollum Lecture Hall
Spilling the Tea: A Conversation between D. A. Powell and Camille T. Dungy
How do ideas become poems and how do poets come up with ideas? Poets Camille Dungy and D. A. Powell talk about the role of conversation, influence, history, form, resistance, improvisation and stubborn independence in their own work and work they admire. Also, how to support and encourage poetry as a living art, an impactful and meaningful interaction between words, space, and humanity. What to listen to and what to shut out. How to address the chronic cruelties of the world with compassion. What to eat, what to drink, and what to leave for poison.
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm Vollum Lecture Hall.
On Writing Towards Joy. A panel with Garth Greenwell, Kelly Link, and Justin Torres. Moderated by Elizabeth DeMeo
What does it mean to write towards joy, especially when dealing with emotionally difficult subject matter? How does joy in life (or lack thereof) affect what we do on the page, and how does joy enter into the ways we learn and teach writing? To answer these questions, we will look at the concept of joy on the level of sentence, scene, and plot.
Open to the public for a fee of $10 (Cash and Cards accepted at the door).