LiTFUSE
N/A
Tieton, WA 98947
United States
VIRTUAL EVENT
Brooke Matson, author of In Accelerated Silence, joins LiTFUSE 2020 to teach a virtual workshop on “How to Read a Poem (Aloud).” Register for LiTFUSE 2020 here.
Poetry is a musical art as much as a literary one, but too often, poems are read in flat voices, without pauses, and without consideration of the sound of the line. In short, no different than one would read any text. But in this workshop, we’ll learn the art of delivering poetry aloud using sonic elements—rhyme, internal rhyme, meter, assonance, and natural pauses—laid down by contemporary poets. Through this practice, you’ll learn aural tricks to weave into your own work.
Brooke Matson
Brooke Matson is a poet, book artist, and the 2016 recipient of the Artist Trust GAP award and Centrum residency. Her first collection of poems, The Moons, was published by Blue Begonia Press in 2012; her second, In Accelerated Silence, was selected by Mark Doty as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize and will be published by Milkweed Editions in 2020.