3 Part Series - Burn Down the Sonnet with Angie LaPaglia
Jan 30, Feb 6, and Feb 13 from 6-7:30 pm
In three short sessions you’ll get a master class in both traditional and contemporary sonnet forms.
1) Write a Shakespearean or Petrarchan sonnet — y’all it’s freakin' hard.
2) Take everything you learned…and burn it down.
3) Learn why poets wage X fights and street fights over contemporary sonnet forms, and walk away with a scorched masterpiece of your own.
Angie LaPaglia an Oklahoma poet, visual artist, and collaborator. Her reactions to existence manifest in books, spoken word performances, murals, installations, and immersive art experiences. An Oklahoma Poet Laureate nominee, her short-form poetry has been recognized as among the best in the world. Angie's most recent book, Beyond the Quantum: An Existential Crisis in 5 Acts, is a genre-bendingcollaboration with Oklahoma artist Dorshak Blok. Her original spoken word poems have been commissioned by organizations such as Factory Obscura, Marilyn Artus’s historic HerFlag project, the Paseo Arts Association, and more.
Find out more about your workshop instructor, Angie here: https://www.angielapaglia.com/about
Jan 30, Feb 6, and Feb 13 from 6-7:30 pm
In three short sessions you’ll get a master class in both traditional and contemporary sonnet forms.
1) Write a Shakespearean or Petrarchan sonnet — y’all it’s freakin' hard.
2) Take everything you learned…and burn it down.
3) Learn why poets wage X fights and street fights over contemporary sonnet forms, and walk away with a scorched masterpiece of your own.
Angie LaPaglia an Oklahoma poet, visual artist, and collaborator. Her reactions to existence manifest in books, spoken word performances, murals, installations, and immersive art experiences. An Oklahoma Poet Laureate nominee, her short-form poetry has been recognized as among the best in the world. Angie's most recent book, Beyond the Quantum: An Existential Crisis in 5 Acts, is a genre-bendingcollaboration with Oklahoma artist Dorshak Blok. Her original spoken word poems have been commissioned by organizations such as Factory Obscura, Marilyn Artus’s historic HerFlag project, the Paseo Arts Association, and more.
Find out more about your workshop instructor, Angie here: https://www.angielapaglia.com/about
Jan 30, Feb 6, and Feb 13 from 6-7:30 pm
In three short sessions you’ll get a master class in both traditional and contemporary sonnet forms.
1) Write a Shakespearean or Petrarchan sonnet — y’all it’s freakin' hard.
2) Take everything you learned…and burn it down.
3) Learn why poets wage X fights and street fights over contemporary sonnet forms, and walk away with a scorched masterpiece of your own.
Angie LaPaglia an Oklahoma poet, visual artist, and collaborator. Her reactions to existence manifest in books, spoken word performances, murals, installations, and immersive art experiences. An Oklahoma Poet Laureate nominee, her short-form poetry has been recognized as among the best in the world. Angie's most recent book, Beyond the Quantum: An Existential Crisis in 5 Acts, is a genre-bendingcollaboration with Oklahoma artist Dorshak Blok. Her original spoken word poems have been commissioned by organizations such as Factory Obscura, Marilyn Artus’s historic HerFlag project, the Paseo Arts Association, and more.
Find out more about your workshop instructor, Angie here: https://www.angielapaglia.com/about