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Sounds of Silence: The Art of Punctuation in Poetry

Presented by What Cheer Writers Club at What Cheer Writers Club, Providence RI

Apr 30 2022
Sounds of Silence: The Art of Punctuation in Poetry

What Cheer Writers Club’s Craft Curiosities series invites writers to take a deep dive into an aspect of craft with a local teaching artist.

Punctuation works differently in poetry than in the mundane world of work emails and everyday prose. Why do you need to learn about it? Because it’s a great tool for control, texture and mood-tweaking! This isn’t a “rules” course—we’ll be looking at the effect of stops and pauses in the work of master poets such as Louise Gluck, Anne Carson and Brigit Pegeen Kelly, as well as other usual suspects and new arrivals, and chatting about the feel of various marks on the page. You’ll ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

$45 General Admission

$35 Club Members

$25 B/I/POC Creatives

LOCATION

What Cheer Writers Club

160 Westminster Street, FL 2, Providence, RI 02903