How to Make Luck: Writing in Praise of the Ordinary with Lauren Camp (via Zoom)

With so many things to worry over, we need to keep finding joy and celebrating gratitude. This feel–good workshop will help you write in praise of small beauties, large events or anything in between. Learn how to move beyond the obvious *like* and *love* into the deeper and more magnificent *why*. We will map at least one wonderfully ordinary element of our lives, lifting the subject up and enriching it with the finest elements of craft and wild attention.

NB: This class will be taught on Zoom (Sunday, November 2, 12:30-2:30 PM ET) and will be capped at 15 students. Registrants will receive the Zoom link to the email address they use to register. It will arrive immediately after registration so please check your spam folder if you do not receive it. It will also be sent the day before class as a reminder. Please review the course policies page before registering for any classes. Please email misty@writerscenter.org with any questions.

All HVWC scholarship applications will be available on May 1 and will be due on May 15 for all summer/fall 2024 classes.

Lauren Camp serves as New Mexico Poet Laureate. She is the author of seven books, including An Eye in Each Square (River River Books, 2023) and Worn Smooth between Devourings (NYQ Books, 2023). Her eighth book of poems, In Old Sky, will be published by Grand Canyon Conservancy in spring 2024. Camp has received fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and Black Earth Institute. She was Astronomer in Residence at Grand Canyon National Park, recipient of a Dorset Prize, and finalist for the Arab American Book Award and Adrienne Rich Award. Her poems have been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, French, and Arabic, and have appeared in New England Review, Poem-a-Day and Kenyon Review. www.laurencamp.com