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Workshops for Publishing Poets with Barbara Helfgott Hyett

More than 90 Poetry Books have been published by Poemworks Members!

Current Workshops
On Location Workshops

The Workshop For Publishing Poets
(see current schedule)

Barbara Helfgott Hyett has conducted the Workshop for Publishing Poets at her home in Brookline, MA for more than ten years. The workshop is a gathering of poets who each bring work to the table for reading and critique.

The workshop operates currently in 4 sections, meeting on Tuesday morning, Wednesday evening and Thursday morning and evening in three, twelve-week sessions throughout the year (eight weeks in summer).

The Workshop for Publishing Poets also conducts special workshops throughout the year in:
Freewriting,
Guided Writing,
Chapbook Making
.

Other services include the Workshop by Mail and Individual Manuscript Editing. Workshops provide Massachusetts-Cerified Professional Development Credits.

For information regarding workshops,
email Carol Hobbs, Workshop Administrator,
or call PoemWorks at 781.769.2066

Spring Registration and fee payment Deadline: March 30, 2005

Workshop Abroad in France Summer 2010
Workshop Abroad in France, Summer 2010. 8 Day Poetry Workshop June 26 - July 3. Excursions into the countryside, horseback riding, fields of sunflowers, and antique book shops. The fee of $2,045 includes tuition, most meals and accommodations at La Manufacture Royale in Montolieu, the Village of the Book. See brochure. Send Deposit of $500 by December 15th.

Call us at 617.731.2192 or email Popahna Brandes

Workshop For Publishing Poets Abroad

Poetry of Place Weekend Workshops
New Hampshire and Cape Cod
A weekend workshop to generate new writing in idyllic surroundings. Friday evening through Sunday evening. The fee includes tuition, lodging, and most meals. Information and registration: carol@poemworks.com

Comments about Barbara's Workshops and Courses
“Meeting Barbara changed my life forever. Keep in mind, up to that point, I had never written a poem or dreamed that I had any talent for writing. Because of her encouragement, I went on to earn my Master's Degree in literature. I retired from teaching full time, followed her example of being a poet-in-the schools, attended her Writer's Summer Workshop in France, traveled to take workshops from other poets in various parts of the country. In short, Barbara taught me how to create a successful writing life.

Where many well-known poets are competitive and stingy with their trade secrets, Barbara is generous and all-inclusive. Doctors and secretaries, young and old, she brings us together and introduces us to every writing process she discovers.”

Sondra Upham is a poet, workshop member, and poet-in-the-schools. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including Field, Prairie Schooner, The New Virginia Review, and Phoebe. Her chapbook, Freight, was the winner of the 2000 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition.

“Barbara Hyett has been one of the most outstanding artists participating in the Artists-In-Residence Program, funded by the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. Her passion and skill in teaching is remarkable and widely known. Everywhere I go, from the Museum of Fine Arts to the homes of friends, I hear enthusiastic testimony of Barbara's talent in bringing poetry to people through teaching and reading.”

Anne Hawley, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and
Humanities
 
“She believes passionately that each student, albeit adult or child, has a dynamic creative potential and she truly enjoys discovering and revealing this ability.”

Martha M. Wright, Department of Education, Museum of Fine Arts.
“The evaluations of Barbara's Teachers-as-Scholars seminars are effusive declarations of pleasure and appreciation; they are the most glowing evaluations I have ever read.”

William J. Holinger
Acting Director
Harvard Graduate School of Education
“A poet of great talent, she has vision and passion. her words carry the weight of her experience....”

Elie Wiesel, Writer, Humanitarian,
and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
“ ...her never ending optimism kept our class enthused and enthralled every time we met.”

student comment from Boston University Course Evaluation Guide
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