Freeing Your Life with Words: A Workshop with Susan Wooldridge

Join us at a workshop that will make you feel excited about language and self-expression in both poetry and prose. First we’ll gather (and steal) words from a scattering of books and create a group word pool. Through play, using word tickets and dictionary pages as well as our own gathering of words, we will delve into what soul says, heart says, mind says, water says, our town says as we write about who we are, where we come from and where we’re going  Along the way we will explore imagery, close observation, metaphor and “dream sense,” immersed in what poet Anne Waldman calls “goofy profundity.” Throughout the workshop, Susan will share her journals and talk about her her own writing process. We will welcome both laughter and tears. Sharing work is always optional.

This event is made possible by the Plumas County Library and is supported in part by Poets & Writers.

For over twenty years, Poets & Writers' Rural Libraries Tour, funded through our Readings & Workshops program (pw.org/funding) and in partnership with libraries, has helped send experienced writers to teach free creative writing workshops in rural locations throughout California.