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If you love poetry and dabble in penning your own, dig deeper and take this class! Covering the basic elements of poetry and reviewing a range of published poems by individual poets, we’ll focus on developing your poetry writing skills in a workshop environment. Exchange your poems and receive thoughtful critiques from classmates and Instructor and published poet, Janice Rubin. There is a required text for the course, please purchase online (powells.com or amazon.com) or at a local bookstore prior to class: The Poet’s Companion, A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry, Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux.    ISBN13: 9780393316544  ISBN10: 0393316548

Self-publishing is an opportunity to share your work with the world. Where do you begin? Get step-by-step info on how to format the interior, create an attractive cover, and avoid common pitfalls. Learn about marketing and how promote your work to attract and hook readers. Bring your files on a thumbdrive, or learn through working with instructor-provided samples exercises. To take this class, you should be very comfortable with the following computer skills and profiencies: using word processing software to construct and edit a document using online, web-based platforms saving and retrieving files both online and onto a thumb/USB drive managing files understanding file types Contact the Continuing Ed Office if you'd like us to connect you with the instructor to ask questions: 541.463.6100.

Join your fellow writers again for their familiar inspiration and support. Continue the stories you began in a prior class or respond to new topics. A review of writing techniques will be woven into the discussions of manuscripts or scheduled separately in class as interest arises. Those interested in taking the class for the first time, please contact Continuing Education.