Poet KB Ballentine To Lead Workshop Nov. 15
Poet KB Ballentine will lead a day-long poetry writing retreat hosted by
The Knoxville Writers' Guild on Nov. 15 at the old Orr Mountain Winery
building between Sweetwater and Madisonville. The deadline for
registering is November 7.
Cost of the 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. workshop, which is limited to 16
participants and includes a catered lunch, is $95 for members of the
Knoxville Writers' Guild and the Chattanooga Writers' Guild and $115 for
nonmembers. To register or get more information, visit the KWG website at
www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.
Ballentine said the workshop will focus on developing writing skills based
on external prompts and stimuli. “So much of our writing is based on
personal experience through the lens of self. As we learn to look outward,
we develop a whole new set of experiences from which to write and acquire
a brand new ‘reference library.’” She said participants should bring pen
and paper, unfinished poems, complete poems, and even the “’failed’ poems
you just can't give up.”
Ballentine of Dayton teaches English and theatre arts to high school and
college students. Author of Gathering Stones (Celtic Cat Publishing,
2008), she was recipient of the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize in
both 2006 and 2007, and was a finalist for the 2006 Joy Harjo Award. Her
work has appeared in numerous journals and publications, including Bent
Pin, Mo.: Writings from the River, Sequoia Review, Apocalypse, and
Touchstone.
Address of the Orr Mountain Winery Building is 355 Pumpkin Hollow Rd.,
Madisonville, TN 37354, For more information on the workshop, call John
Reaves, workshop coordinator, at 865-659-2651 or email at
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For more information, please contact:
Kelly Norrell
Publicity Chair
The Knoxville Writers’ Guild
(865) 806-0132
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