Creative Writing Workshop I & II
Tomas Transtromer: The Open Frontier, Landscape and Life
“Like so many poets before him, Transtromer is forever reminding us that the world is not what it appears to be; that with mindfulness and close attention, you might get a glimpse of something vast and strange.”
While reading Transtromer, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature, we begin to think about translation, dreams and music. Unsure of the direction his writing will take us, we open to listening for our own still voices speaking directly to us as we spend the winter writing and revising poems and prose.
Texts: The Great Enigma, New Collected Poems by Tomas Transtromer Translated by Robin Fulton
The Half-Finished Heaven: The Best Poems of Tomas Transtromer, chosen and translated by Robert Bly
Suggested reading:
Tomas Transtromer Selected Poems 1954-1986 edited by Robert Hass
Windows and Stones: Selected Poems by Tomas Transtromer translated by May Swenson
Teacher: Elaine Fletcher Chapman (Walters McFerron), MFA
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm for eight meetings
Creative Writing Workshop I begins Jan. 31, 2012
Creative Writing Workshop II begins Jan. 24, 2012
Cost: $300
Place: 2940 N. Lynnhaven Road, Virginia Beach, VA
For further information: Elaine Fletcher Chapman 757-650-8735
