Auntie's bookstore is happy to host a poetry workshop organized and run by C.G. Dahlin. This is a free three week workshop. Each session will be independent, anyone would benefit from attending just one, however, those that attend all three will greatly benefit from how each of these subjects play together. Every session, attendees will walk out with at least one new written work.
The workshop will take place on the Mezzanine at Auntie's Bookstore. If you have any inquires please contact cdahlin@ewu.edu.
These workshops are free and open to the public.
When we write, it’s only natural that our work at times comes across as journaling or feels restricted to writing an experience or observation. However, if we instead employ our experiences to reach a profound statement, outwardly spoken or otherwise, our work suddenly is blessed by gravitas/significance. In this workshop, we’ll go through how the ancients used allegory as their primary poetic device in myth making and literature alike and ultimately how we can use their methods to source our next great poem.
About the Instructor:
C.G. Dahlin started his collegiate career by becoming the first designated Poet Laureate of the University of Wisconsin–Stout’s Honors College. In Central Washington, Dahlin spearheaded two volumes of the regional anthology, The Whispers of Wenatchee, along with being a featured poet for the 2019 Poet Prowl in Ellensburg, and was a regular ticketed performance artist at the arts venue, the Radar Station. He now attends Eastern Washington University for an MFA in Creative Writing and is the Student Director for the practicum program, Writers in the Community. Dahlin’s work can be found in The Blackbear Review, The Comet Magazine, The Shrub-Steppe Poetry Journal and the Prometheus Anthology.