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Announcing my late fall private poetry workshop!

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In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry. Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET. 6 weeks, starting December 3 (skipping December 24 and 31). We’ll read recently published poetry from literary journals and books, generate new poems with the help of prompts that I create, and spend the bulk of each class in a fun, inspiring poetry workshop. In this course participants will write and receive workshop comments on five original poems. Writers at all levels are welcome. I teach In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry often, and every time the readings are all new, so you can take it again and again!

Participants will receive:

  • 6 two-hour live Zoom classes
  • weekly pdf packets of sample poems from recent literary journals and books, focusing on craft elements and themes
  • original writing prompts written by me inspired by each week’s sample poems
  • workshop comments from the class and me on your five original poems

This is a live online writing workshop. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link prior to the beginning of classes. Registration will close when full (12 students). The class requires a minimum of 6 registered participants. Register early, as spots fill quickly.

Registration fee: $275

Registration deadline: Sunday November 30

Class begins: Wednesday December 3

Click here to register by credit card: https://square.link/u/MUWXeJMq

Thank you to the students in Studies in Nonfiction!

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What a joy to spend this morning Zoom-visiting John Howard’s Studies in Nonfiction class, where they have been reading and responding to my lyric essay “What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble” published in the Southeast Review. Thank you to John and his students for their insights and generosity!

The Southeast Review has made the entire essay available to read online:

https://www.southeastreview.org/single-post/38-2-christopher-citro

Day 7: My Poetry Teaching Trip to Kefalonia Greece…I gave a poetry reading atop Mount Aenos!!!

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Day 7 Poetry Teaching Trip to Kefalonia Greece: I gave a poetry reading atop Mount Aenos!!!

…at 5,300 ft the tallest mountain on the Ionian island of Cephalonia, Greece…on a mossy stone outcrop, surrounded by Greek fir, black pine, wild bellflowers, violets, and poppies…and generous people willing to pay attention to me lipping off for 20 minutes while on top of the world.

Here I am reading my poem “Come In Go Ahead Say Again” recently published online at The Normal School.

https://www.thenormalschool.com/blog/2024/11/21/come-in-go-ahead-say-again-by-christopher-citro

I’m teaching again for the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing in 2025 and registration has OPENED!!

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I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be returning as a faculty member for next summer’s Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and registration has OPENED! There are two 1-week sessions available (I’m teaching during the first week). Do something nice for yourself, and register to join us on the Vineyard next summer for a writing extravaganza!

Join me for a Zoom-based class: History of the Prose Poem: from the 1800s to the Present!

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I’m delighted to announce that I’m teaching History of the Prose Poem: from the 1800s to the Present for The Downtown Writers Center. This inexpensive, 8-week Zoom-based class is open to anyone anywhere (you do not have to be a member of the YMCA to take this class).

We’ll read prose poetry, from its establishment in 1842, through Modernism, the surreal 70s, up to today. This online class features audio and video for a fun session each week, including handouts for further reading and exploration. Intended for both writers and readers who love poetry and wish to gain a deeper experience of this form. No prior knowledge required.

https://www.ymcacny.org/creative-writing-workshops

Announcing my late fall online poetry workshop!

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Friends! Announcing my late fall poetry workshop: “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry.” Warm up your end-of-year writing with my popular 6-week combination generative, craft, and workshop class via Zoom, with entirely new readings, prompts, and craft talks every time I teach it. Registration is now open. And it closes November 13. Class begins Wednesday November 15. Join us!

😀 Details & registration available http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/. Register soon as spaces fill quickly! 😀

Announcing my Spring 2023 private Zoom workshops!

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Announcing my 2 private Spring Zoom workshops starting in April: my poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” & my creative nonfiction workshop “Adventures in The Lyric Essay.”

Both classes have all new readings and materials each time I teach them.

Heat up your writing this spring! Join us! 😀

Details & registration available http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/.

Register soon as spaces fill quickly! 😀