My very first poetry workshop in Oregon was with Penelope Scambly Schott, and it was quite an initiation to the life poetic in this incredible, literary community. She is a gorgeous poet, an engaging (and funny) teacher, and someone you'll be delighted to have spent two days with! Check out her October workshop!
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Save October 7th and 8th (Thursday and Friday) 2010 for
the 3nd Annual POETRY WORKSHOP IN DUFUR, OREGONTHE MUSIC OF SURPRISE: Writing for the Ear as well as the Eye
Work with sound and rhythm to make your poems fresh and unexpected. Start new poems and take old poems a step further.
Give yourself two days to fine tune your poetry. Come stay at the charming Balch Hotel in Dufur, Oregon, and practice a better ear for your own writing. Learn to manipulate meter and see what happens as you experiment with the flexible music of our rich English language.
The Music of Surprise is a two-day workshop full of sound-oriented writing prompts and radical revision of new and old material. We will spend one night (Thursday, October 7, 2010) at the hotel with no television or phones to distract us. There we will work in the beautiful parlor and in our own private rooms. On Thursday we will have lunch and dinner at the hotel plus an after-dinner reading just among ourselves followed by a brief homework assignment. Our Friday session will include breakfast and lunch.
The workshop will be limited to nine participants so that everyone gets time and attention. Cost for the workshop itself is $125 plus hotel and meals (both reasonable).
If you are interested, request a registration form and send two recent poems.
For more information, please e-mail, phone, or write to:
Penelope Scambly Schott at 507 NW Skyline Crest Road, Portland, Oregon 97229
phone: 503-291-0159 e-mail: penelopeschott@comcast.net
Why have a workshop in Dufur?
Because it’s a quiet little town with a view of the east side of Mount Hood and a charming small hotel (www.balchhotel.com) where we won’t be thinking our ordinary thoughts. (In case you’re curious, the town is named after Andrew & Enoch Dufur who came in 1859.)
Where is Dufur?
From Portland, drive out through the Columbia Gorge and turn south. Dufur is twenty minutes south of Route 84 on 197. It’s a beautiful trip.
from the east side of Portland 1 hour 45 minutes (100 miles)
from The Dalles 20 minutes (15 miles)
from Bend 2 hours 30 minutes (115 miles)
from Pendleton 2 hours 20 minutes (140 miles)
from Salem 2 hours 35 minutes (150 miles)
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Penelope Scambly Schott is a feminist poet and former professor of English at Raritan Valley Community College and Rutgers University. She has published several books of poetry and has taught poetry writing for Thomas Edison State College. At Educational Testing Service in the 1980s she was part of the Guidance Research Group, which developed the SIGI PLUS career information system. Schott is a recipient of the 2004 Turning Point Poetry Prize, the Orphic Prize, and a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She now resides in Portland, Oregon. She received the 2008 Oregon Book Award in poetry for "A Is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth".
Thank you for the post, Sage. I sent Penelope a couple of poems (written in your class) and it looks like I'll be able to attend the workshop. Even though its months and miles away, I'm excited!
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