upcoming

MONDAY NIGHTS
in Oakland 7-9:30
May 7--June 11 $300.

SATURDAY MORNINGS in Oakland 9:30-12
May 19--June 30 (skip June 9) $350.

ONLINE May14--July 9. $500.

one-on-one consultations
Write me for details:
kimaddonizio@comcast.net 

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to apply for workshops: 

Oakland & online; email me
kimaddonizio@comcast.net
with “workshops” in subject heading. If I don’t know your work, send ONE poem (Sorry, I really can’t read more) and a short paragraph about yourself. Or just ask to be put on my mailing list, & I’ll let you know about upcoming groups.

books for
poets 

ORDINARY GENIUS: A GUIDE FOR THE POET WITHIN, Kim Addonizio (W.W. Norton)
THE POET'S COMPANION: A GUIDE TO THE PLEASURES OF WRITING POETRY, Kim Addonizio & Dorianne Laux (W.W. Norton)
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND: THE POET'S PORTABLE WORKSHOP, Steve Kowit (Tilbury House)
BEST WORDS, BEST ORDER, Stephen Dobyns (St. Martin's)
STRUCTURE AND SURPRISE: ENGAGING POETIC TURNS, ed. Michael Theune (Teachers & Writers)
NINE GATES: ENTERING THE MIND OF POETRY, Jane Hirshfield (HarperPerennial)
POETIC METER & POETIC FORM, Paul Fussell (McGraw Hill)
TEXT BOOK: AN INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY LANGUAGE, Robert Scholes, Nancy Comley, Greg Ulmer (St. Martin’s)mailto:kimaddonizio@comcast.netshapeimage_4_link_0

There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft.”  ~Jessamyn West