WELCOME TO THE HVWC CALENDAR: home of all our upcoming readings, events and workshops. You can view by list or calendar (see right menu to choose). Click the colored tabs below to show only specific options. Our workshops run as multi-session series or one-day “intensives.” Note, we list the multi-session courses on the first day they meet only. The full dates of the session are described in the course descriptions. You would need to scroll back to the start date if you needed to enroll for something already underway. But do let us know if you want to join something in midstream since we need the blessing of the instructor. Questions? Email us.
Workshops – This category encompasses all one-day and multi-week classes, whether in person or via Zoom.
Readings – Our readings are in many different genres and take place in person, on Zoom, or both!
HVWC Recurring Events – This category encompasses such regular favorites as Open Mic, Open Write, and Submission Sunday.
Special Events – These other creative experiences are sure to interest our creative community!
In her essay on The Power of Horror, Dorothea Lasky writes, “Maybe horror itself is a place to heal.” In this generative class, we’ll examine how poets look into the […]
There is an amazing moment in Book 18 of the Iliad where Homer stops talking about war and begins, in great detail and great emotional depth, to describe the shield […]
During the first hour of this four-hour workshop we’ll read and explore published poems that will give you strategies for developing fragments and stalled beginnings into actual poems, for writing […]
Poets have always called out to whatever they consider holy: God, the Goddess, a higher power, nature, the unfathomable. We reach out with ‘why’ questions, such as ‘Why is this […]
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 […]
The first formal poem to really sink its teeth into me was “One Art,” by Elizabeth Bishop. Something about using the fussiness of the villanelle to contain and express the […]
Dreams contain all the elements of a great poem: Metaphor, symbolism, vivid imagery, humor, emotional catharsis, pathos, puns, and personification. Thus, it is no surprise that classical and contemporary poets […]
We'll be reading, listening, to chapters of Finger Exercises for Poets. Both in-class and after class prompts to be read in class. Discussions. Q&A. NB: This class will be taught […]
For me, among the most memorable pieces of advice from Toni Morrison's documentary, THE PIECES I AM, was, "People say to write about what you know. I'm here to tell you, no one wants to read that, 'cause you don't know anything. So, write about something you don't know." In this 4-week generative writing workshop, we will do just that. Each week, we will deploy strategies and techniques that move us away from our writing patterns and comforts and closer to greater surprise and discovery. Participants may read work from Nam Le, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Diane Seuss, and Charles Wright among others.
What is a jazz novel? What is jazz poetry? What are the sources of jazz as an art form? What are the sources and meanings of art? What work does […]
