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Title: |
David St. John and Robert Gibbons at Writing with Whitman Poetry Writing Workshops |
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at Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center |
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Date: |
October 5, 2013 |
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Time: |
6:15 PM
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| Admission: | Admission: Single Workshop $15.00 per person; Series of 6 Workshops $60.00 per person. |
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Location: |
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center |
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Street Address: |
246 Old Walt Whitman Road |
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Huntington Station, NY 11746 |
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Description: |
David St. John and Robert Gibbons at Writing with Whitman Poetry Writing Workshops at Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center in Huntington Station, Long Island, New York.
David St. John
David St. John was born in Fresno, California. He received his bachelor's degree at California State in Fresno and went to the University of Iowa for an M.F.A. His works of poetry include Hush (1976), Terraces of Rain (1991) and The Red Leaves of Night (1999). Most recently he wrote The Face: A Novella in Verse (2004). He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award, the James D. Phelan Award, the Academy Award in Literature, and various grants and fellowships. St. John has taught at Oberlin College, John Hopkins University, and currently teaches at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Robert Gibbons
Robert Gibbons grew up in Belle Glade, Florida, the eldest of five children, and earned a B.S. in History from Florida A&M. In 2007, he moved to New York City in search of his muse, Langston Hughes. Gibbons has studied with such master poets as Cornelius Eady, Marilyn Nelson, Klmiko Hahn and Nathalie Handal and has participated in workshops at Cave Canem and the 92Y. His work has been published in numerous anthologies, including The Brownstone Poets Anthology, Dinner with the Muse (Ra Rays Press), The Cartier Street Review, Nomad's Choir, and Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Art and Literature (Three Rooms Press). His poetry may also be heard on the CD Brain Ampin' (Logo Chrysalis Productions). Close to the Tree is the Mr. Gibbons's first full-length collection of poems. Art curator and historian Marc Primus notes,"The poetry of Robert Gibbons flows from him like a mighty river. It is powerful lyrical, strong and hip." Mr. Gibbons will be conducting a poetry writing workshop as part of the Writing with Whitman series 3:00PM-5:00PM in the Interpretive Center.
Participants will write three new poems at this upbeat and friendly workshop and receive useful suggestions for both revisions and performance. The workshop is for poets at all levels including those who are new to the form.
Fee for the workshop includes admission to the 6:15PM "Meet the Poets" reception and the 7:00PM poetry reading, Walking with Whitman: Poetry in Performance, featuring Philip Asaph and internationally acclaimed poet Anne Waldman.
This event is the first of six writing workshops as part of the 2013 Writing with Whitman series being led by accomplished poets.
The event will be held in the Interpretive Center overlooking the Birthplace of America's Good Gray Poet Walt Whitman.
Writing with Whitman is the companion series to Walking with Whitman: Poetry in Performance, a reading series featuring performances by some of the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene, paired with respected voices on the regional scene. The series is hosted by Walt Whitman Birthplace Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. |
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631-427-5240 |
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