Changing Hands Writing Workshop with Rosemarie Dombrowski: Micro-Prose and Prose Poetry: The Art of Writing Concisely

THE FOUNDER OF THE PHOENIX POETRY SERIES HOSTS A THREE-PART CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP. PARTICIPANTS WILL EXAMINE THE TOOLS OF EACH TRADE—BOTH MICRO-MEMOIR AND PROSE POETRY—READ AND DISCUSS REPRESENTATIVE WORKS IN EACH GENRE, AND PRODUCE WRITING THAT EXEMPLIFIES THESE DISTINCTIONS. THE MICRO-MEMOIR WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE SECOND SESSION, AND THE PROSE POETRY WORKSHOP DURING THE THIRD AND FINAL MEETING. _BRING PEN/PENCIL AND A NOTEBOOK._ WORKSHOP DETAILS • COST: $50, FOR THREE SESSIONS: JULY 15, 22, AND 29. • REFUNDS WILL NOT BE ISSUED WITHIN ONE DAY OF THE EVENT.   ABOUT THE HOST  ROSEMARIE DOMBROWSKI IS THE INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE OF PHOENIX, AZ, THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF BOTH RINKY DINK PRESS AND WRITE ON, DOWNTOWN: A JOURNAL OF PHOENIX WRITING, AS WELL AS THE CURATOR AND HOST OF THE PHOENIX POETRY SERIES AND FIRST FRIDAY POETRY ON ROOSEVELT ROW. SHE IS THE RECIPIENT OF FIVE PUSHCART NOMINATIONS, A 2017 ARTS HERO AWARD, AND THE 2017 CARRIE MCCRAY AWARD IN NONFICTION. HER COLLECTIONS INCLUDE THE BOOK OF EMERGENCIES, THE PHILOSOPHY OF UNCLEAN THINGS, AND THE CLEAVAGE PLANES OF SOUTHWEST MINERALS [A LOVE STORY], WINNER OF THE 2017 SPLIT ROCK REVIEW CHAPBOOK COMPETITION. SHE WAS NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE BROOKLYN POETS WHITMAN BICENTENNIAL POETRY CONTEST IN APRIL 2019.