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Diane Wakoski and Jane Le Croy at Writing with Whitman Poetry Writing Workshops |
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at Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center |
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Date: |
December 7, 2013 |
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6:15 PM
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| Admission: | Admission: Single Workshop $15.00 per person; Series of 6 Workshops $60.00 per person. |
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Location: |
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center |
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Street Address: |
246 Old Walt Whitman Road |
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Huntington Station, NY 11746 |
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Description: |
Diane Wakoski and Jane Le Croy at Writing with Whitman Poetry Writing Workshops at Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center in Huntington Station, Long Island, New York.
Diane Wakoski
Diane Wakoski, described as an "important and moving poet" by Paul Zweig in the New York Times Book Review, is frequently named among the foremost contemporary American poets by virtue of her experiential vision and her unique voice. Wakoski's poems focus on intensely personal experiences on her unhappy childhood, on the painful relationships she has had with men and, perhaps most frequently, on the subject of being Diane Wakoski. This is not to say, however, that her work is explicitly autobiographical. She has invented and incorporated personae from mythology and archetype as a liberation from what she has called the "obsessive muse," that spurs writers to face their personal terrors and turn them into art.
Jane Le Croy
Jane LeCroy is a poet, singer and performance artist, home-birthing mother of 3, teacher, atheist, vegetarian, televisionless, hedonist, exemplifies the alphabet at its best. Jane LeCroy has collaborated, performed and toured with: the SF based all women's poetry troupe, Sister Spit; the 1990's emo-core band, Vitapup; the a capella hip-hop, beatboxing, orchestra, Nu Voices; Brant Lyon's, Hydrogen Jukebox and such accomplished musicians as: Reggie Workman, Madigan Shive, Animal Prufrock, David Last, Bradford Reed, Chad Taylor, Carol Lipnik, Kid Lucky, Taylor McFerrin, Napoleon Maddox and Erik Lawrence. Jane LeCroy fronts the avant-pop band transmittingG, featuring multi-instrumentalist Tom Abbs. She has published her poetry, stories, songs, and articles in Mudfish, Hootenanny, Tragic Book, Live-Mag, Princess, Fast Folk Magazine, Hanging Loose, Frank 151, Vector and Teachers and Writers. Jane has been publishing student work and teaching writing, literature and performance to all ages through the artist-in-the-schools organizations Teachers & Writers Collaborative and DreamYard. Jane's latest book of poetry, Names was published by Booklyn as part of the award winning ABC chapbook series, purchased by the Library of Congress along with her braid. Jane LeCroy's latest CD, Transmitting Dark and Full of Life was released on the European label, Delphy Records. Ms. Le Croy will be conducting a poetry writing workshop as part of the Writing with Whitman series 3:00PM-5:00PM in the Interpretive Center.
Participants will write three new poems at this upbeat and friendly workshop and receive useful suggestions for both revisions and performance. The workshop is for poets at all levels including those who are new to the form.
Fee for the workshop includes admission to the 6:15PM "Meet the Poets" reception and the 7:00PM poetry reading, Walking with Whitman: Poetry in Performance, featuring Philip Asaph and internationally acclaimed poet Anne Waldman.
This event is the first of six writing workshops as part of the 2013 Writing with Whitman series being led by accomplished poets.
The event will be held in the Interpretive Center overlooking the Birthplace of America's Good Gray Poet Walt Whitman.
Writing with Whitman is the companion series to Walking with Whitman: Poetry in Performance, a reading series featuring performances by some of the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene, paired with respected voices on the regional scene. The series is hosted by Walt Whitman Birthplace Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. |
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631-427-5240 |
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