Adam Deutsch

Using Poetic Forms as Tools for Revision

Sometimes when we’re in the process of editing, rewriting, and revising, we can get stuck with pieces that sprawl and meander in all kinds of ways. One practice we might consider is taking a draft that’s still trying to find direction, and placing it into a form. Whether working on poetry or prose, processing our writing through the fresh framings of a traditional structure can give us new ways to look at the work we’re shaping and trying to discover. Please be sure to bring some work—a poem, story, whatever—to tinker with in a communal conversation.

Adam Deutsch is the author of a full-length collection, Every Transmission (Fernwood Press). He has work recently in Poetry International, Thrush, Juked, AMP Magazine, Broken Lens Journal, and Typo, and has a chapbook called Carry On (Elegies). He teaches in the English Department at Grossmont College and is the publisher of Cooper Dillon Books. He lives with his spouse and child in San Diego, CA. AdamDeutsch.com.

5:15 pm (PDT) Critique Group Round Table

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