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• WU273 PWW Poetry Master Class: Poetry: What Can Language Do?

  • Start
    27 Jun 2022
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  • End
    01 Jul 2022
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    In-person at Forum 104 – 104 rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

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  The power of poetry lies in its ability to transgress limits.

  By this I mean that poetry traverses borders, internal and external boundaries of time, memory and voice. It expands our notions of what language can do. Technically, poets steal from the tool box of any written or artistic genre to find the modes of expression apt to the poem. For it is never what a poem says that makes it unforgettable, but how. This workshop, taking place within Paris, will be stimulated and nourished by generative writing in and about the city. The idea is to, as Victor Hugo said “Breathe Paris in. [For] it nourishes the soul.” And in these complex times, nourishment, expanding outwards, finding the words and the language to speak is tremendously important—both for those of you coming to Paris for the PWW and those of you who reside here year round. The technical focus will be on broadening your personal skill set. This will happen first through dialoging with samples of writing by contemporary poets from around the world as you compose new work based on prompts, experimentation and observation. Second, close reading of our own and each other’s work will hone our revision abilities. Third is what you will do after the PWW. This workshop should leave you with new modes to explore on your own and methods to deepen, hone and develop in your writing at home as you publish your first or fortieth book of poetry.

  Requirements: Please provide a writing sample of max 10 pages (1 poem max per page). During the week I will meet with each of you personally to discuss your writing sample. Note: the goal is not to provide me with your most polished work, but rather to give me a sample of work that you need help polishing or which feels like it needs something that perhaps another reader can help you locate and unpack.

  Students should ideally send in their excerpts before June 5, to the WICE Creative Writing Director via email at creativewriting@wice-paris.org.

  Jennifer K Dick is the author of That Which I Touch Has No Name (Black Spring Press Group, London, 2022), Lilith: A Novel in Fragments (Corrupt, 2019), Circuits (Corrupt, 2013) and Fluorescence (University of GA Press, 2004) as well as 6 chap/artbooks. She has worked as a literary editor & reader for Versal (Amsterdam), Upstairs at Duroc (Paris), & The Colorado Review, has taught Creative Writing Workshops for WICE, the PWW, Kent University’s Paris in The Arts, Strasbourg Write a Story, and guest taught for Naropa and LIU Brooklyn’s MFA programs. She directs the UHA English Dept., curates Ivy Writers Paris & co-organizes “Écrire L’Art” at Kunsthalle Mulhouse Centre d’Art Contemporain.

  Originally from Iowa, residing in France for over 20 years, she has also lived in Norwich, England, Colorado, and Massachusetts, and traveled extensively. Thus she is interested in writing about place and displacement, and global polyphony—that is, the connections we have to our language as it slips in and out of the languages of others. Recent projects include completing the manuscript Shelf Break, the writing of a chapbook of shipwreck-related poems for Tupelo's 30/30 project last August and collaborating with dancers, filmmakers and visual artists. Jennifer looks forward to the opportunity to encounter your poetry/mixed genre writing as you explore migrations, poetry and Paris together during the summer2022 PWW.

  Blog: http://jenniferkdick.blogspot.fr

  The PWW Master classes are only available as part of the PWW Package.

  The PWW Package includes one Master Class, Panel Discussion, readings, and welcome drinks at the opening reception.

  Cancellation Policy (Paris time):
  Cancel before June 1, 2022 - Get back 50% of what you paid
  Cancel on or after June 1, 2022 - No refund

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• WU280 PWW Novel Master Class with Janet Skeslien Charles

  • Start
    27 Jun 2022
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  • End
    01 Jul 2022
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    In-person at Forum 104 – 104 rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris
  • Spaces left
    11

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  Janet Skeslien Charles is the award-winning author of Moonlight in Odessa (winner of the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance) and The Paris Library (New York Times Bestseller).  Her shorter work has appeared in revues such as Slice and Montana Noir.  She learned about the history of the American Library in Paris while working there as the programs manager.  She divides her time between Montana and Paris.

  The PWW Novel master class package at 642€, includes:

  • Opening reception and welcome drinks 

  • Novel master class with Janet Skeslien Charles

  • Literary Walk 

  • Students-Faculty readings 

  • Panel Discussion

  • Gala dinner

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• WU272 PWW Short Story Master Class: Writing and Publishing the Short Story

  • Start
    27 Jun 2022
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  • End
    01 Jul 2022
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    In-person at Forum 104 – 104 rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

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  Short stories can be just about anything, but how do you make yours stand out, and how do you prepare an effective collection for publication? This workshop will help aspiring and experienced writers shape and refine their fiction according to their own vision, with emphasis on character, plot, setting, structure, form and style. We will explore the principles of storytelling through writing exercises, discussion and analysis, with an added focus on publishing short stories and novellas in today’s market.

  Requirements: Please submit the first 500 words of a short story to the WICE Creative Writing Director via email at creativewriting@wice-paris.org. Students should ideally send in their excerpts before June 5, 2022.

  Alecia McKenzie is the author of six books. Her first collection of short stories, Satellite City, and her novel Sweetheart have both won Commonwealth literary prizes. Sweetheart has been translated into German (Schätzchen) and French (Trésor) and was awarded the 2017 Prix Carbet des lycéens. Other books include Stories from Yard (Italian translation Racconti giamaicani), Doctor’s Orders, When the Rain Stopped in Natland and, most recently, A Million Aunties, which has been longlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award. Her work has also appeared in a range of literary magazines and in anthologies such as Stories from Blue Latitudes, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories and Girls Night In. She has co-edited two collections of contemporary short stories and was longlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award in 2019.

  Website: www.aleciamckenzie.com

  The PWW Master classes are only available as part of the PWW Package.

  The PWW Package includes one Master Class, Panel Discussion, readings, and welcome drinks at the opening reception.

  Cancellation Policy (Paris time):
  Cancel before June 1, 2022 - Get back 50% of what you paid
  Cancel on or after June 1, 2022 - No refund

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• WU274 PWW Creative Nonfiction Master Class: Creative Nonfiction Projects with Jeffrey Greene

  • Start
    27 Jun 2022
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  • End
    01 Jul 2022
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    In-person at Forum 104 – 104 rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

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  This intensive workshop is designed to help and encourage writers who are eager to work on a memoir, a travel story, an experience in nature, a personal essay, or a piece of personalized journalism. It will focus on your projects and ideas for future writing. Despite the range of creative nonfiction subgenres, they all share techniques of narrative craft, many of which are drawn from fiction and poetry. Often the central element is the ability to create the self as character, a first-person narrator who becomes an engaging personality to lead the reader into the world of personal experiences and research. We will look at the narrative structure, description, characterization, dialogue, and tension in your writing, all key elements in making writing spirited and appealing. This workshop invites those of you who are new to creative nonfiction writing as well as writers who have taken workshops before and wish to continue developing skills in the discipline. Individual conferences will be scheduled.

  Requirements: Please send a word document of 10-15 pages, double-spaced, of a creative nonfiction work in progress, plus a one-page description of your creative nonfiction project already underway or the one you wish to pursue to the WICE Creative Writing Director via email at creativewriting@wice-paris.org. Students should ideally send in their excerpts before June 5, 2022.

  Jeffrey Greene is the author of a memoir, four personalized nature books, a book of mixed genre writing, and five collections of poetry. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, and Rinehart Fund, and he was a winner of the Samuel French Morse Prize, the Randall Jarrell Award, and the "Discovery"/ The Nation Award. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Poetry, The Nation, Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review Online, Agni, and the anthologies Strangers in Paris, Intimacy, Nothing to Declare: A Guide to Flash Sequence, and Rewilding. He works with the Pan-European MFA Program.

  https://jeffrey-greene.com/

  The PWW Master classes are only available as part of the PWW Package.

  The PWW Package includes one Master Class, Panel Discussion, readings, and welcome drinks at the opening reception.

  Cancellation Policy (Paris time):
  Cancel before June 1, 2022 - Get back 50% of what you paid
  Cancel on or after June 1, 2022 - No refund

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• WU276 PWW Agent Consultation - Gregory Messina

  • When
    30 Jun 2022
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    2:00 PM - 5:40 PM
  • Location
    In-person at Forum 104 – 104 rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris
  • Spaces left
    4

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  Gregory Messina, originally from New York State, operates the Linwood Messina Literary Agency, in Paris where he has lived since 2004. Having specialized in selling translation and other subsidiary rights for two major French publishing companies, he founded his agency in 2015 to work as a primary agent to an eclectic list of both English and French language authors as well as continuing his work selling translation rights for publishers, other agencies and his authors.

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• WU275 PWW Agent Consultation - Mark Kessler

  • When
    30 Jun 2022
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    2:00 PM - 5:40 PM
  • Location
    In-person at Forum 104 – 104 rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris
  • Spaces left
    2

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  Mark Kessler has been an agent with Susanna Lea Associates since 2002, and is interested in mainstream and literary fiction and non-fiction. Before that he was a literary scout at Maria Campbell Associates, and he first entered publishing as part-time contract manager at the French Publishers Agency while completing an MA in French literature at NYU.

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• WU277 PWW Panel Discussion: Writing in Paris: Migration and the Arts

  • When
    01 Jul 2022
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    In-person at Forum 104 – 104 rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris

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  Do we write differently living outside the country of our birth? How does migration - forced or voluntary - affect the writer’s craft? This panel will explore the impact of migration on one’s art and offer insights into the life of the expatriate writer in Paris.

  Panelists: Craig Carlson, Jennifer K. Dick, Matt Jones and Jake Lamar

  Moderated by: Kathleen Churchill

  The panel discussion will start at 4pm and will conclude with a 30-minute Q&A session.

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