wri 313: intentional revision

daily calendar: term iii

rev. 15jan2012

1 mon, jan 16

a quiz on poetics: introduction to the course

Buy your books now! Campus Bookstore
  wed, jan 18

poetry in person: Lucille Clifton (Poetry in Person, 150ff)
  fri, jan 20

project FEEDBACK: learning feedback from reality tv: what's effective and what's really not
2 mon, jan 23

DUE by high noon: draft poem for this week – uploaded to moodle.
I'll assemble a workshop packet and post it back to moodle. Late submissions may not be included in the workshop packet.
• Please download, read, and offer feedback (marginal + summary) by the time workshop begins on Wednesday.

poetry in person: Robert Hass (Poetry in Person, 17ff)

About the James Madison University Poetry Summit—info and interest

  wed, jan 25

workshop i

3 mon, jan 30

DUE by high noon: draft poem for this week – uploaded to moodle.

Frank X. Walker. Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York. Selections TBA

Commitments to the James Madison University Poetry Summit
  wed, feb 1

workshop ii
  fri, feb 2

project FEEDBACK
4 mon, feb 6

DUE by high noon: draft poem for this week – uploaded to moodle.
• about annotations

Frank X. Walker. Buffalo Dance: the Journey of York. Selections TBA
  wed, feb 8

optionally due: test-drive annotation (if you have never written an annotation, you should opt to do it now)

workshop iii
5 mon, feb 13

DUE by high noon: draft poem for this week – uploaded to moodle.

poetry in person: Edward Hirsch (Poetry in Person, 216ff)

reflection on revision: about the preliminary portfolio
–please bring a copy of new revision to class (along with the earlier drafts(s))
  wed, feb 15 workshop iv
  fri, feb 17

DUE: annotation #1

project FEEDBACK
6 mon, feb 20

DUE by high noon: revised poem for this week – uploaded to moodle.

Landon Godfrey. Second-Skin Rhinestone-Spangled Nude Souffle Chiffon Gown. Selections TBA

reflection on revision: more about the preliminary portfolio
–please bring a copy of new revision to class (along with the earlier drafts(s))
  wed, feb 22

semi-workshop v (revisions): we'll split in half to work in two smaller workshops and compare earlier drafts + revision

7 mon, feb 27

DUE by high noon: revised poem for this week – uploaded to moodle.

Landon Godfrey. Second-Skin Rhinestone-Spangled Nude Souffle Chiffon Gown. Selections TBA (including handout of her revisions)

poet in person Landon Godfrey joins us in class!

  wed, feb 29 (leap!)

semi-workshop vi (revisions): we'll split in half to work in two smaller workshops and compare earlier drafts + revision
  fri, mar 2

project FEEDBACK

questions about the preliminary portfolio
8 mon, mar 5

DUE: preliminary portfolio
  wed, mar 7

poetry in person: Louise Glück (Poetry in Person, 48ff)
spring break mar 10-18 s p r i n g b r e a k