Poetry Forum Led by Steven Teref – Fourth Sunday Poetry Workshop – February 24, 2013

RHINO Poetry Forum: Workshop & Critique

Evanston Public Library

Church & Orrington
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1:30-4:30 — Room 108

Steven Teref is the translator of Assembly (Host Publications, 2009), the selected poems of the Serbian poet Novica Tadic. Steven’s translations and poetry have appeared in numerous literary magazines, such asRhino, Another Chicago Magazine, South Loop Review, and forthcoming in Artifice Magazine. He teaches literature and writing at Columbia College Chicago where last year he was the recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Ricochet Review. The first issue is due out this spring.

TOPIC:  Translation as Cover Song Translation has much to teach writers about the suppleness of language. The act of translation, paired with reading work in translation, reveals the nuance of meaning and intention. Translation is an interpretation much like the cover of a song (i.e., a new version of an original or previously recorded song): the success or failure of a cover rests on enhancing the tone, pacing, texture, or complexity of the original. Now, imagine if one had access only to covers. Which cover is the “best?” Rarely does a faithful rendition garner that honor.

Bring 17 or more copies (2 page limit) of a poem you want critiqued.*$5 – $10 donation appreciated.

This project is partially supported by grants from:   Poets & Writers, the Illinois Arts Council

and The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

Rachel Javellana Poem Writing Workshop @ CPL

Rachel Javellana Poem Writing Workshop
Date: Sat. November 21, 2009

Time: 2:30 pm

Location:
Beverly
1962 W. 95th Street
60643

About this event:

How-to Poems
Rachel will lead a workshop where participants will experiment with the endless ways of writing their own 'how-to' poems, taking the reader through steps (how to do something) and/or moving through physical space (how to get somewhere). We will look at a variety of examples that deliver their message using the form of directions.



Bio:

Rachel Javellana is a poet and teaching artist in the city of Chicago. She has taught with organizations such as The Poetry Center of Chicago, Urban Gateways, and Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, and was the 2008 recipient of the Hands on Stanzas Gwendolyn Brooks Award for excellence in teaching. She has performed in many events, including The Reconstruction Room and Elbowing Off the Stage. Rachel’s poems appear most recently in Buffalo Carp and The MacGuffin.