Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center presents “Wilder Words,” a virtual reading with 24PearlStreet’s summer writing faculty, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 6 p.m. Hosted by program manager Jennifer Jean, it will feature Erin Belieu, Kristina Marie Darling, Nick Flynn, Kimiko Hahn, Gail Mazur, John Murillo, and Marion Winik. Registration is free at fawc.org.
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Wild and Wonderful
Join the Fine Arts Work Center for “Wilder Words,” a virtual reading of recent books by 24PearlStreet’s spring faculty, on Thursday, June 3rd, at 6 p.m. Hosted by Jennifer Jean, it features Kim Addonizio, Elissa Altman, Nickole Brown, Peter Campion, and Tyler Mills. Registration is free at fawc.org.
Virtual Spring Workshops at FAWC
Registration is open for 24PearlStreet, the online workshop channel of the Fine Arts Work Center. Classes will be asynchronous (recorded), asynchronous with live elements, or live, and will begin as early as April 12th. Tuition runs from $500 to $650.
Among the offerings is “Ostranenie: Poetry as a Practice of Awareness,” with Nickole Brown, April 19th to April 23rd. The course title is a Russian term, used in literature, meaning “defamiliarization.” There is also “Water, Fire, Earth, and Air,” with Fred Marchant, April 26th to May 21st. Participants will read, discuss, and write poetry related to the four elements.
Joanne Dugan is teaching “Writing Pictures: an Exploration of Text and Image,” also April 26th to May 21st, described as an experimental workshop in which students “combine text and photographs to tell their stories in a new way.” Elissa Altman is teaching “Intimacy, Permission, and the Heart of the Story,” May 10 to June 4, which will explore what differentiates a great memoir from an “information dump.”
