UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Workshops and Events for the 10th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 20-25, 2014.
(scroll down for detailed schedule of the 10th Annual Festival)
Festival workshops are limited to 12 qualified participants and 3 auditors to provide a meaningful level of discussion, and careful, informed attention to your work. Review our Guidelines. You may download a pdf of the 2014 Schedule.
WORKSHOPS FOR QUALIFIED WRITERS OF POETRY
POETRY AS BEWILDERMENT with NICK FLYNN
CREATE AND CRITIQUE WITH CAROLYN FORCHÉ
CRAFT OF THE INVISIBLE with LINDA GREGG
WORD BY WORD, LINE BY LINE with THOMAS LUX
PEELING THE ONION: Revealing The Lyric Voice with CAMPBELL MCGRATH
BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN with AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL
THE POEM ON THE TABLE with MARY RUEFLE
IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS with TIM SEIBLES
Beginning poets, shy about sharing their poems, or those who would like to learn by observing, should consider auditing a workshop, as a great way to learn.
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2014 Palm Beach Poetry Festival
Workshop Participants' Schedule of Events
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| Monday, January 20 (Martin Luther King Day) (Book Signings follow all reading events) (Q&A sessions follow all Craft Talks) |
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| 5:00 - 6:00 pm 6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Registration Welcome Reception |
Crest Theatre, Ocean Breeze Room |
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7:00 - 8:00 pm 9:30 pm |
Organizational Meeting of Workshops Open Mic - Festival Bookstore, Ocean Breeze Room |
Assigned Classrooms |
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Tuesday, January 21: |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | First Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | free time | Crest Theatre | ||
| 2:00 - 4:00 pm | Craft Talks: Nick Flynn & Mary Ruefle |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 4:00 - 5:30 pm |
Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2012-2033, Interviewed by Laure-Anne Bosselaar, followed by Q & A |
Crest Theatre | ||
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8:00 - 10:00 pm 10:00 pm |
Kick-Off Reading: Open Mic - Festival Bookstore, Ocean Breeze Room |
Crest Theatre | ||
Wednesday, January, 22 |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | Second Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm |
free time |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Craft Talks: Linda Gregg & Tim Seibles |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 5:00 - 8:00 pm | Festival Gala: Cocktails & Dinner* | Vintage Gymnasium | ||
| 8:00 - 10:30 pm |
Gala Reading: Special Guest, Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2012-2013 |
Crest Theatre | ||
Thursday, January 23: |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | Third Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | free time | Crest Theatre | ||
| 2:00 - 4 pm
4-5:00 pm |
Craft Talks: Open Mic, Festival Bookstore, Ocean Breeze Room |
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| 8:00 - 10:00 pm |
Midweek Reading: |
Crest Theatre | ||
Friday, January 24: |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | Fourth Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | free time | |||
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Craft Talks: Campbell McGrath & Aimee Nezhukumatathil |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 4:00-5:00 pm
8:00 - 10:00 pm |
Open Mic, Festival Bookstore, Ocean Breeze Room TGIF Reading: |
Crest Theatre |
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Saturday, January 25: |
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| 9:30 am - 12:30 | Fifth Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 2:00 - 4:30 pm | Panel Discussion: Beloved & Influential Poems: Seibles, Ruefle, Nezhukumatathil, McGrath, Lux, Gregg, Forché, Flynn | Crest Theatre | ||
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm | Finale Reading: Nick Flynn & Carolyn Forché |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 9:00 - 10:00 pm | Coffee House: Performance | Vintage Gymnasium | ||
| 10:00 - 11:00 pm | Poetry & Party | |||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Performance Poets: Taylor Mali & Glenis Redmond followed by L I V E DJ Dance Party |
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* Partners and spouses of workshop participants are invited to attend the Fundraising Gala. Tickets are $125 (1 guest/participant) Tickets are $125. Auditor Tuition does not include the gala. Auditors may attend with one guest, tickets: $125 each. |
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