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THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR A WORKSHOP HAS PASSED. TICKETS TO INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ARE ON SALE NOW.
Apply to attend a workshop! Festival workshops are limited to 12 qualified participants and 3 auditors to provide a meaningful level of discussion, and careful, informed attention to your work. (scroll down for detailed schedule) To apply, review our Guidelines and use the online application to apply early. Click on schedule, to see what's planned for the week on this page, or download a pdf of the 2012 Schedule.
WORKSHOPS FOR QUALIFIED WRITERS OF POETRY
THE SHIMMER: Metaphor in the Machine of Words with KIM ADDONIZIO
The Art of the Draft: Reading the Poem's Palm with CORNELIUS EADY
Mother of Muses--Poetry and Memory with CLAUDIA EMERSON
Three-Dimensional Poetry with DAVID KIRBY
Word By Word, Line By Line with THOMAS LUX
Writing From Your Threshold with GREGORY ORR
Sideways and Backwards: Finding The Poem's Structure
with CHASE TWICHELL
Night Fishing in the Sound: Invitations to the Imagination
with ELEANOR WILNER
Beginning poets, shy about sharing their poems, should consider auditing a workshop as a great way to learn by observing and listening.
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2012 Palm Beach Poetry Festival
Workshop Participants' Schedule of Events |
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| Monday, January 16 (Martin Luther King Day) (Book Signings follow all reading events) (Q&A sessions follow all Craft Talks) |
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| 6:00 - 7:00 pm | Registration and Welcome Reception | Vintage Gymnasium | ||
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7:00 - 8:00 pm 9:30 pm |
Organizational Meeting of Workshops Open Mic - The Colony Hotel, Atlantic Avenue |
Assigned Classrooms
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Tuesday, January 17: |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | First Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | free time | Crest Theatre | ||
| 2:00 - 4:00 pm | Craft Talks: Thomas Lux and Eleanor Wilner |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 4:00 - 5:30 pm | Publishing Panel: Journals, Anthologies, Presses | Crest Theatre | ||
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8:00 - 10:00 pm 10:00 pm |
Kick-Off Reading: Open Mic - The Colony Hotel, Atlantic Avenue |
Crest Theatre | ||
Wednesday, January, 18 |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | Second Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm |
free time |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Craft Talks: Claudia Emerson and David Kirby |
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| 5:00 - 8:00 pm | Festival Gala: Cocktails & Dinner* | Vintage Gymnasium | ||
| 8:00 - 10:30 pm |
Gala Reading: Special Guest, Charles Wright |
Crest Theatre | ||
Thursday, January 19: |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | Third Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | free time | Crest Theatre | ||
| 2:00 - 4 pm |
Craft Talks: |
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| 8:00 - 10:00 pm
10:00 pm |
Midway Reading: Thomas Lux and Chase Twichell
Open Mic - The Colony Hotel, Atlantic Avenue |
Crest Theatre | ||
Friday, January 20: |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | Fourth Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | free time | Crest Theatre | ||
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Craft Talks: Cornelius Eady and Chase Twichell |
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| 8:00 - 10:00 pm | TFIG Reading: David Kirby and Eleanor Wilner |
Crest Theatre | ||
Saturday, January 21: |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | Fifth Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 2:00 - 4:30 pm | Panel Discussion: Beloved & Influential Poems: Wilner, Twichell, Orr, Lux, Kirby, Emerson, Eady, Addonizio | Crest Theatre | ||
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm | Finale Reading: Claudia Emerson and Gregory Orr |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 9:00 - 10:00 pm | Coffee House: Performance | Vintage Gymnasium | ||
| 10:00 - 11:00 pm | Poetry & Party | |||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Performance Poets: Vanessa Hidary and Jamaal May followed by L I V E L Y DJ Dance Party |
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* Partners and spouses of workshop participants are invited to attend the Fundraising Gala. Tickets are $125 (1 guest/participant) Tickets are $125. Auditor Tuition does not include the gala. Auditors may attend with one guest, tickets: $125 each. |
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