Great Smokies Writing Program Workshops in Prose and Poetry – Fall 2007
Permission to Go Within: Poetry on a Deeper Level – A Poetry Workshop
Need to feel empowered to write and speak poetry? This class is for
you, an intensive yet, gentle workshop offering a door to a deeper and
more meaningful relationship with poetry.
(Lang 372, 2 credit hours)
Glenis Redmond
It
will utilize empowering tools of exploration and celebration of the
non-linear and the emotional aspects of verse. Many tried and true
writing exercises will be demonstrated and modeled to foster the
creative process. Come experience writing and performance techniques
that will take your work to another level.
Glenis Redmond is a 2005-2006 NC Literary Award recipient and a Denny
C. Plattner Award winner for Outstanding Poetry. She has been inducted
in the Hall of Fame for Best Poet in Western North Carolina. She is a
Kennedy Center Workshop Leader and her work has aired periodically on
National Public Radio. Glenis was a South Eastern Regional Slam
Champion and a National Slam Finalist. She has been published in
Meridians, African Voices, EMRYS, Asheville Poetry Review, 2006
Kakalak: A Journal of Carolina Poets, Appalachian Heritage and the
Appalachian Journal. Her manuscript Under The Sun was shortlisted by
Autumn House Press. She is the Poet Laureate of the Van Wezel
Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Florida. Glenis logs over 35,000
miles and over 200 shows and workshops each year taking poetry to the
people!
10-week class – Class dates are September 4, 11, 18, 25; October 16; November 6, 13, 20;
December 4 and 11. Classes meet Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 pm at the YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market Street.
Individuals interested in enrolling in the class can go to www.unca.edu/gswp/
and complete an application and mail it in to me at UNCA Extension and
Distance Education, Karpen Hall 122, CPO@2140, Asheville NC 28804. The
“in state” tuition cost of the course is $168.68 with a $20 application
fee for new students to the program. For further information, please
call Dr. Elaine Fox at 828/232-5122 or email me at [email protected]
