Superb Surprise: Writing Alongside Emily Dickinson
In this class, we'll read the poetry and letters of Emily Dickinson, as curated by Thomas H. Johnson, including her powerful and enigmatic "Master" letters. We'll then move to a consideration of Dickinson's late "envelope" jottings, likely comparing them to Sappho's fragments. Expect class discussion, weekly prompts and read-arounds, and instructor feedback on classwork. Required texts: Emily Dickinson, Final Harvest, edited Thomas H. Johnson; Emily Dickinson, Selected Letters, edited Thomas H. Johnson.
No class dates: 11/11/2023
Registration dates:
August 7: Scholarship Donation Day
August 8: Member registration opens at 10:30 am
August 15: General registration opens at 10:30 am
August 21: Last day of Early Bird pricing
Deborah Woodard
Deborah Woodard holds an MFA from the University of California, Irvine, and a PhD from the University of Washington. She is the author of Plato’s Bad Horse (Bear Star Press, 2006), Borrowed Tales (Stockport Flats, 2012), and No Finis: Triangle Testimonies, 1911 (Ravenna Press, 2018). Her chapbook Hunter Mnemonics (hemel press, 2008) was illustrated by artist Heide Hinrichs. She has translated Amelia Rosselli with Giuseppe Leporace in The Dragonfly: A Selection of Poems: 1953 – 1981 (Chelsea Editions, 2009) and with Roberta Antognini in Hospital Series (New Directions, 2015) and Obtuse Diary (Entre Ríos Books, 2018). Woodard teaches at Hugo House in Seattle and co-curates the reading series Margin Shift.
