P. Scott Cunningham
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Sincerity: A Poetry Workshop
8 weeks: Tuesdays, February 2 - March 23, 2010, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
$170 (Current MDC faculty and credit students: $120)

Course will take place at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
Want to register? Click here for instructions and registration form.

Even the best bands cover other bands’ songs. Why? Not because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but because it’s (A) the best learning tool that exists and (B) lots of fun. If we’re poets who love poems and want to write better ones, the best thing we can do for ourselves is try to “cover” our heroes. And in doing so, we’ll hear our own voices that much more distinctly. In this poetry workshop, we’ll read and imitate poems we love, in addition to sharing our drafts and giving brief presentations. Plus we’ll have lots of fun.
 
P. Scott Cunningham is the director of the University of Wynwood, an advocacy organization for the spoken and written word in Miami. His poetry has been published in The Harvard Review, McSweeney’s Internet Tendencies, Pool, Court Green, Cider Press Review, Roanoke Review, the Northville Review and Tigertail: A South Florida Poetry Annual. A nominee for a 2009 United States Artist Grant, he also serves as president of the Miami Poetry Collective and editor of the Cent Journal Series.
 

Date and Time
Tuesdays
February 2 - March 23, 2010
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Fee
$170, pre-registration required
(Current MDC faculty staff and students: $120)

This is a Community Education (non-credit) course.

Want to register? Click here for instructions and registration form.