WRITING: Place, The Unconscious & Personal History with Alex Dimitrov

$325.00

Taught by Alex Dimitrov
May 19, 26, June 9, 16, 23, 30 (Tuesdays)
6:30 to 8:30 pm
13 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011

We will write and workshop poems that engage the unconscious (prompts may include dream work, crystals, full and new moon rituals), as well as poems that have a direct or indirect relationship to place (New York City, the town you’re from, a body of water, etc). We’ll also read: Frank O’Hara, Frederick Seidel, Bret Easton Ellis, Robert Lax, and others. You’ll leave class with five polished and finished poems. All skill levels are welcome and anything is possible.

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Alex Dimitrov is the author of four books of poems and an upcoming novel. His work has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times, and other publications. He teaches poetry at Columbia University. 

Taught by Alex Dimitrov
May 19, 26, June 9, 16, 23, 30 (Tuesdays)
6:30 to 8:30 pm
13 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011

We will write and workshop poems that engage the unconscious (prompts may include dream work, crystals, full and new moon rituals), as well as poems that have a direct or indirect relationship to place (New York City, the town you’re from, a body of water, etc). We’ll also read: Frank O’Hara, Frederick Seidel, Bret Easton Ellis, Robert Lax, and others. You’ll leave class with five polished and finished poems. All skill levels are welcome and anything is possible.

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Alex Dimitrov is the author of four books of poems and an upcoming novel. His work has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times, and other publications. He teaches poetry at Columbia University.