'Momentum' - poetry with Brendan Constantine

Classes
Spring 2019|#2700.101

Age at least 18 yrs but less than 99 yrs, Mixed
Arts & EnrichmentNon Applicable Program

Description

Brendan Constantine returns to the Camera Obscura with a new generative workshop, theme: "momentum." Creating momentum within our poetry and our writing practice. Participants will examine and discuss examples and create new poems. All levels welcome!

Brendan Constantine was born in Los Angeles, the second child of two working actors, and named after Irish playwright Brendan Behan. An ardent supporter of Southern California's poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets, he has served as a teacher of poetry in local schools and colleges for the last eighteen years. In addition, he brings poetry workshops to hospitals, foster care centers, and shelters for the homeless, working with the Alzheimer's Poetry Project among others. His work has appeared in numerous journals, most notably Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, FIELD, Rattle, ZYZZYVA, Ninth Letter, Hotel Amerika and LA Times Bestseller The Underground Guide to Los Angeles. He has several selections of poetry available from Red Hen Press; the latest, Dementia, My Darling was published in 2016.



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Activity meeting dates

Apr 20, 2019
Sat1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Instructor

Brendan Constantine

More Information

SupervisorNaomi Okuyama
Number of sessions1
DepartmentAdult

Registration dates

Last day is Apr 20, 2019 1:00 PM
$30.00
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