In Search of Magic with Diana Marie Delgado

 

Course Description: 

Powerful magic resides in language but what if we invoke that power further by adopting fantastical aspects into our own writing? In this three-hour workshop we will discuss Lucie Brock-Broido, Alice Notely and Marosa di Georgio, poets whose work occupy spaces of dread, astonishment—and magic. We will explore their use of symbols in haunted landscapes, their gestures to the unseen and discuss how by incorporating the supernatural, we might bypass the self, and tap into a vaster, more ancient consciousness. Participants will share work generated by writing prompts that utilize symbology and tarot. Although the work discussed in class is poetry, this workshop is suitable for writers of all genres who are interested in expanding the scope and style of their writing.

 

Duration: 

3 Hours

 

Genre Type:

Poetry

 

Course Type: 

Generative Workshop

 

Course Level 

Beginner-Intermediate

   

Faculty Bio: 
Diana Marie Delgado’s a graduate of the University of California, Riverside and Columbia University; and a National Endowment for the Arts fellow. The recipient of numerous scholarships and grants, she currently resides in Tucson, where she is the Literary Director of the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona. Her most recent publication, Tracing the Horse, will be published in the Fall of 2019 by BOA Editions.

 

Free Friday Night Reading:

Diana Marie Delgado with Justin Petropoulos

Friday, October 26, 2019

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Changing Hands Bookstore Tempe

6428 S McClintock Dr, Tempe, AZ 85283