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Because this is the first creative writing workshop for many of you, I assume that many of you have not attended a live reading. This semester everyone will attend at least one reading and write a review of what happens.
First of all, know that not all poetry readings are the same. For example, a poetry slam offers yjr audience one poet reading a poem and then another poet reading a poem. This process usually continues through rounds as in a boxing match with the poems being judged and poets being eliminated until a champion is left. A featured reading differs from a slam. In a poetry feature, one poet reads several of his or her poems, giving a more complete--and often times more complex--sense of the one poet's voice or style. A novelist, by comparison, does not read the entire novel at a feature. Usually its a chapter at the most, so the audience has a taste of what the novel is about. A short story writer will often read one story from a collection.
In your review you will let the reader know the format and where the performance took place, but most importantly, the review should give a sense of program. When talking about "program," we mean most which pieces were performed. Obviously, fiction writers will have only read from one or two titles. As for poetry reading, we don't need a complete list of poems performed. We are more interested in the pieces that were significant to you, the audience or both. Please note the titles of poems that were of significant interest. Quote lines or phrases that interested you. Develop your review with arguments explaining why you found this interesting, or at least outline the mysteries you found wonderful (read "wonder full").
Augment your program with what you found in the writer's lines.
If attend an open reading and participate during the program, devote a paragraph to what you read.
Length: 250 to 500 words.
Due: Before or on March 11 at 2:29 P.M.
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01/21/09