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And Then There's Gert: Reading (and Writing Alongside) Gertrude Stein Instructor: Deborah Woodard Saturdays, April 12–May 17, 10 a.m.–12 noon Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle $195 ($175.50 for Hugo House members) In this class, we'll study Gertrude Stein's creative, constructive syntax, sound sculpture, narrative cubism and connotative collage as a way of understanding and felicitously misunderstanding how to make our own poems poems. Her short, sound-rich writings often come in the form of alternative plays, stories, novels and memoirs. What better opportunity to expand our poetic practice than under the tutelage of this expatriate seer, who remained in her own way an advocate of American English at its most pithy? We will read such weird and often hilarious texts as "Advertisements," "Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters," "Old and Old" and "Forensics." The class is also appropriate for writers of short prose and all admirers of the one and only Ms. Stein. The instructor will provide weekly writing prompts, as well as conference time at the end of the course for those interested. Text: "Gertrude Stein," ed. by Richard Kostelanetz (Cooper Square Press, 2002). I will have copies of the book available for purchase in the first class. |
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