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Mountain Writers Series |
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Writing Workshops Winter 2025
Lex Runciman
Generative & Writing-Intensive Workshop for Poets
Yes, much of a writer’s time is solitary: you and a blank page, or you and a blank screen. So, does one proceed? Is procrastination a writer’s best friend? Where is that inspiration faucet, anyhow? And are you really only as good as your last good poem? (Now there’s a depressing thought.) The holidays are over, it’s the dark dregs of winter, maybe it’s time to give a workshop a try. If nothing else, you’re promised some writerly camaraderie and self-analysis of your own writing habits. And as with any workshop, the deeper your commitment to it, the more you’re likely to get in return.
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Portland, OR |
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Lex Runciman taught creative writing courses for over 30 years, and he’s been a writer of poems for even longer. His most recent book – his seventh collection, Unlooked For – was published by Salmon Poetry in 2022. His second book, The Admirations, won the Oregon Book Award way back in the last century. And his newest book, Light in the Evergreens, is forthcoming in 2026 from Cornerstone Press at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. He wants this workshop to be sympathetic and supportive as we together work through (but probably don’t solve) how good poems begin and how they might sooner or later find that united bliss of form and content.
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If a reservation for a class or workshop is canceled 3 days or more prior to the start of a class or workshop, a refund of 75% will be made, less a $25.00 administrative fee. The reservation may be converted to a credit for an upcoming class or workshop, good for one year, if preferred. For any cancellation 48 hours or less before a class or workshop is scheduled to begin, no refund will be made, nor will a credit toward a future workhop or class be given.