The Art and Craft of Poetry: Inhabiting the Persona Poem with Kathryn Hunt

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Date: Saturday, April 22nd
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm 
Cost: $90
Limited to: 10 Participants
Where: Online

Want to spice things up a little? Begin the new year by trying your hand at the persona poem. The persona poem allows you to imagine your way into the life and voice of another. A brew of research, memory, and a generous splash of imagination, a persona poem can personify a historical figure, a great-grandparent, a celebrity or politician, the humble woman down the block. You can even personify part of yourself, to gain perspective or create camouflage. This generative workshop offers a chance to learn the fundamentals of the persona poem, strengthen your writing practice, and begin new poems. We’ll read and discuss persona poems, you’ll write poems based on prompts, and I’ll offer feedback (if you’d like) while your workshop mates listen. The workshop aims to foster a supportive atmosphere that encourages and builds a community of poets on the peninsula and beyond. I’ll send you a packet of persona poems to read a week or so before the workshop. kathrynhunt.net

​​Kathryn Hunt makes her home on the coast of the Salish Sea, on the ancestral lands of the S’Klallam, Chemakum, and Suquamish. Her poems have appeared in Orion, Radar, Terrain, Missouri Review, and Narrative, among other journals. Her second collection of poems Seed Wheel was published by Lost Horse Press in 2021 and a chapbook The Country I Come From was published by Refugia Press in 2022. She’s recently completed a memoir, The Matter of All Things. Kathryn Hunt has worked as a waitress, shipscaler, short-order cook, bookseller, food bank coordinator, filmmaker, and freelance writer. kathrynhunt.net

Memoir Scene by Scene: A Generative Workshop with Kathryn Hunt

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Date: Saturday, June 10th
Time: 12:00pm to 4:00pm 
Cost: $120
Limited to: 10 Participants
Where: Imprint Bookstore

Memoirs are written scene by scene. Memories arise as you go, one scene at a time, and you discover what needs to be said by writing your way there. Magic! In this workshop, we’ll read and discuss several examples of compelling scenes and examine some of the building blocks - language, sentence, rhythm, dialogue - that enrich a scene and bring your story to life. You’ll write new scenes and I’ll offer feedback if you’d like. I’ll send you a small packet of memoir to read before we meet. This workshop aims to create a safe, supportive atmosphere that fosters a community of writers on the peninsula and beyond.

Kathryn Hunt makes her home on the coast of the Salish Sea, on the ancestral lands of the S’Klallam, Chemakum, and Suquamish. Her poems have appeared in Orion, Radar, Terrain, Missouri Review, and Narrative, among other journals. Her second collection of poems Seed Wheel was published by Lost Horse Press in 2021; she is also the author of two chapbooks, The Country I Come From (2022) and She Who Walks the Earth (2023). She’s recently completed a memoir, Unforgettable, a mother-daughter story. Kathryn Hunt has worked as a waitress, shipscaler, short-order cook, bookseller, food bank coordinator, filmmaker, and freelance writer. kathrynhunt.net

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