OSU poetry writing course early bird deadline May 20

Friday, May 17, 2013

Non-credit course set for Stillwater Library

 An eight-week poetry writing course will be held at the Stillwater Public Library each Monday, from 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. June 3-July 22.  The non-credit class, offered by OSU Arts and Sciences Outreach, is designed to appeal to poetry lovers, writers and even poetry novices.

“We often have beginning writers come into the library for resources on creative writing and poetry,” said Lynda Reynolds.  “Having these OSU Arts & Sciences Outreach classes available at the library has been a wonderful opportunity for our community and has given the library a chance to strengthen its role as a center for the humanities.”

 The class will be taught by instructor Jessica Glover who teaches creative writing and gender and women’s studies at Oklahoma State University.  Glover, the recent winner of “Reed Magazine’s” Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry, has designed the course to help students incorporate their life events, memories, relationships and observations of the world into their work.

“I want to encourage my students to draw upon their own life experiences and develop a ‘poetic eye,’” said Glover.  “This course will help students realize that poems touch us in ways that other writing cannot, and that there is poetry in their own lives.”

 Registration for the poetry writing course is available online at http://asoutreach.okstate.edu/community/poetry.  Early bird registration for the class is $99 until May 20.  After that date, the class fee is $129.  Books are included in the tuition.

 For more information, please contact Christine Nichols with Arts and Sciences Outreach at 405-744-8459 or Christine.nichols@okstate.edu.

 The Stillwater Public Library is located at 1107 S. Duck St. (the corner of Duck and 12th Ave.).  Visit the library online at http://library.stillwater.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/stillwaterpubliclibrary.