HVWC Presents: Masters of Craft Poetry Series with Dorianne Laux (Via Zoom)

The Hudson Valley Writers Center is proud to present a monthly craft series featuring five award-winning poets & beloved professors. Each poet will share the insights about craft that they have gleaned from decades of devoting themsleves to studying the art of poetry. Unlike a workshop environment that prioritizes student work and student-led conversation in one-off or weekly sessions, these monthly lectures will provide the much-desired chance to listen to some of today’s most renowned writers’ valuable wisdom, uninterrupted, and spaced out intentionally over the course of five months.

NB: These lectures will take place on Zoom from 7-8pm EST. You will receive the link when you register and again the day before each lecture.

We encourage you to join us for all five lectures at the discounted rate of $500. You can also purchase each class individually for $150 per lecture.

Dorianne Laux’s sixth collection, Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected Poems was named a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her fifth collection, The Book of Men, was awarded The Paterson Prize. Her fourth book of poems, Facts About the Moon, won The Oregon Book Award and was short-listed for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Laux is also the author of Awake; What We Carry, a finalist for the National Book Critic’s Circle Award; Smoke; as well as a fine small press edition, The Book of Women. She is the co-author of the celebrated text The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry. Her latest collection of poetry is Life On Earth, was released in January of 2024 and was longlisted for the National Book Award. Finger Exercises for Poets, a book of concise craft essays and exercises for poets was released in July 2024. (January 30)