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'Jane Medved's workshops are practical, focused and challenging. She brings engaging texts, knows how to teach poetic craft and leaves us with a set of tools to continue working on. I always end up with full first drafts of poems, and lots of material for thought.'
- Geula Geurts 'I always find your workshops helpful, and I particularly appreciate that you widen the doorway for future writing.' - Linda Lown-Klein |
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The Liminal Poem: between prose and traditional verse
with award-winning poet & lyric essayist
Jane Medved
For poets and writers of all genres
January 9, 2019
10:00-15:00
When we think about poetry, we usually imagine a nicely laid out verse, surrounded by white space, complete with stanzas and probably rhyme. Most of us can identify a sonnet, a villanelle, a sestina, a ghazal, in short, poems that look and sound “like poems” - the venerable ancestors in poetry’s family tree.
But what about poetry's more recent, unruly offspring? Poems that resemble memoir or even fiction more than verse? Prose poems, epistolary, list poems, lyric and flash essay – how does one know where poetry ends and another form of writing begins? In this workshop, we will examine what I am calling the “Liminal Poem” – poetry that occupies the space between traditional verse and prose writing. Through in-class readings and writing prompts, we will explore how prose can transfigure into and out of poetry. We will also discuss the rules for these hybrid forms and learn to push the limits of our own writing practice. Jane Medved DetailsMinimum/Maximum Participation: 7/14
Cost: 450 NIS if paid in full two weeks before the seminar; 500 NIS subsequently. If you sign up for The Liminal Poem & The Lyric Speaker, you will receive a 100 NIS discount off the total. Location: Talbiya/Katamon, Jerusalem (more details upon registration). Registration: Sign up and we will be in touch. Payment can be made via bank transfer, PayBox/Pepper Pay or credit card. Cancellation policy: If you cancel within one week of the workshop and your place cannot be filled, you will be asked to cover the total cost of the seminar. If you cancel less than one week before the seminar and paid by credit card, then you will receive the amount paid minus the transaction fees. Testimonial from "Writing from the Ordinary," Jan 18, 2018:
'In just a few hours, Jane took us through four different genres of poetry, with examples, exercises and time to share and receive feedback.... She's an amazing teacher and I left feeling refreshed and inspired! Thank you Nadia for organizing such a special treat!' - C.G. |
Bio
Jane Medved is the author of Deep Calls To Deep (winner of the Many Voices Project, New Rivers Press 2017) and the chapbook Olam, Shana, Nefesh (Finishing Line Press, 2014) Recent essays and poems have appeared in Guesthouse, Juked, Gulf Coast On-Line,Queen Mob’s Teahouse, and The Tampa Review. Her translations of Hebrew poetry are forthcoming in Copper Nickel and Cagibi. She is the poetry editor of The Ilanot Review, and has been a frequent teacher for WriteSpace, Jerusalem, as well as a visiting lecturer in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at Bar Ilan University.
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