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2007 Seattle Poetry Festival Workshop: How to Make the Act of Writing One Big Collaboration

Richard Hugo House
Seattle, WA

Instructor Tatyana Mishel will show writers how to make the world their collaborator, and not get so locked into the notion of over-delving internally and staring at their notebook or computer during the writing process. We will also answer the question of: how does a poet manifest collaboration without being dependent on another person, or a group, to participate?

Max number participants: 15

Tatyana Mishel's teaching philosophy emphasizes Surprise, Risk and keeping the creative muscle in shape. Class time is a laboratory of exploration, discussion and writing. Writers are given a variety of strategies and back-pocket tricks and tools they can take into their lives. One of the goals is to show how possible it is to sit down anytime and write something. Her poems and interviews have recently been published in CALYX, Swivel, KNOCK, Cranky Literary Journal, In Posse Review, Seattle P.I., Zinkville, with more forthcoming. Tatyana received her MFA from Antioch University in Fiction and Poetry. A former editor of ELLE magazine, today one of her jobs is as a technical writer for an internet company.

Admission for the Seattle Poetry Festival is required in addition to your workshop ticket.

The Seattle Poetry Festival Opening Night Party and the Seattle Poetry Slam 2007 Grand Slam are seperately ticketed events:

2007 Seattle Poetry Festival

2007 Seattle Poetry Slam Opening Night Party

Seattle Poetry Slam's 2007 Grand Slam

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The Seattle Poetry Festival is supported by a grant under the Civic Partners program by the Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs.

Note: You must purchase a Seattle Poetry Festival ticket in addition to your workshop ticket. Both ticket stubs must be presented to the instructor no later than 15 minutes prior to the workshop start time. After that, the workshop will be open to drop-in students for a $5 fee (plus ticket stub from Festival admission).

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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