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SUMMARY:Read a Poet / Write a Poem
DESCRIPTION:
 Monday, Jan. 14: Join the RCAH Center for poetry's 
 interim director Cindy Hunter Morgan for 
 a discussion of Anna Akhmatova's "Requiem," 
 a cycle of personal and political poems dealing 
 with Stalin's reign of terror. Akhmatova's 
 work is constructed with cinematic care, moving 
 between scenes, time periods and points of 
 view with film-like cuts. Cinematic qualities 
 are embedded in the craft and construction 
 of the poem, and are essential to its success. 
 Many of the techniques Akhmatova used are 
 both poetic and cinematic, and are useful examples 
 of how cinematic devices can be used in 
 poetry.\n
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 Monday, Jan. 28: Join us again for 
 a follow-up workshop in which we''ll use a 
 few of Akhmatova's shorter (but still cinematic!) 
 poems as writing prompts. This will be a 
 generative workshop: you'll leave with a few 
 drafts of new poems. We'll think more deeply 
 about how poets can harness cinematic techniques, 
 and we'll have fun. We'll supply everything 
 you need, but feel free to bring your own 
 journal and pen if you'd prefer. \n
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 PLEASE 
 NOTE! If you're only able to join us for one 
 workshop, come! You do not have to attend both 
 workshops. They are designed to complement 
 each other, and your participation in one will 
 enhance the experience of the other, but if 
 you can only make it to one, that's okay. \n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://poetry.rcah.msu.edu/\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/350077158878689/\n
LOCATION:Snyder Hall Room C302
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