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To register for Center Courses, please email bcrw@barnard.edu or
call 212.854.2067. Checks should be made payable to Barnard College.
Translating Silences: An Expanded Poetry Workshop
with Charlotte Mandel
Wednesdays, 6:15 - 8:15 PM
10/01, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 12/03, 12/17
BCRW, 101 Barnard Hall
Fee: $ 200
To begin a poem is to connect with feeling, idea, and the joy of
language. Poet Charlotte Mandel invites both new and previous
participants to this supportive workshop, which aims to explore sources
of poetry within the self while refining techniques of the craft.
Whether published or a "closet" poet, you are welcome.
Thanks to enthusiastic response, the poetry workshop "Translating
Silences" will continue to open each session with an additional half
hour to focus upon the work of a well-known contemporary "poet of the
month."
This semester's reading list is as follows:
- The Country Between Us by Carolyn Forche; Harper
Perennial, 1982.
- Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara; City
Lights Publishers, 1964.
- The Branch Will Not Break by
James Wright; Wesleyan, 1963.
A book (or selected texts) by the "poet of the month" will be
assigned to be read in advance, and discussed during the first half
hour. The hour and a half "Translating Silences" workshop will follow
with exchanges of creative work by participants. optional assignments
and imaginative exercises will be offered.
Charlotte Mandel's seventh book of poetry, ROCK VEIN SKY is
being published this year by Midmarch Arts Press. Her previous books
include Sight Lines, The Life of Mary and The Marriages
of Jacob. She edited Saturday's Women, an award-winning
anthology of women poets. Her poems, short fiction and critical essays
have been published in many journals nationwide.
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Family Ties: Heartache and Humor in Women's Memoirs
with Lori Rotskoff
Wednesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
09/17, 10/22, 12/03, 01/07, 02/11, 03/11, 04/15, 05/13, 06/03
BCRW, 101 Barnard Hall
Fee: $ 315
"Memoir, for better or worse, is the genre of our time."
This class explores recent memoirs by American women, all focusing on
the vast, essential subject of family. How do writers recapture the
range of emotions that animate their lives from youth to adulthood? How
do they reconstruct relationships with their mothers, fathers, siblings,
and other relatives in order to shed light on their own selfawareness?
How do they reconcile their identities and ambitions with the
values—and, often, the failures or limitations—of the families who
raised them?
Participants of all ages and backgrounds are welcome to join our
monthly discussion group. The mood is informal, yet informative. Come
share your thoughts, ideas, and opinions with other open-minded,
passionate readers.
This is not a writing workshop, but participants working on their own
memoirs will benefit from the attention we pay to voice, narrative
structure, and thematic language in works by noted authors.
Lori Rotskoff is a cultural historian of American family life. She
holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University, and has written
articles and reviews for the Chicago Tribune, Reviews in American
History, and The Women's Review of Books. This is her fourth year
teaching the Barnard Center for Research on Women.
Tentative Reading List:
Jennifer Finney Boylan, She's Not There
Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying
Lillian Faderman, Naked in the Promised Land
Leslie Garis, House of Happy Endings
Haven Kimmel, A Girl Named Zippy
Mary Karr, The Liar's Club
Lucette Lagnado, The Man in the White
Sharkskin Suit
Emily Rapp, Poster Child
Helene Stapinski, Five-Finger Discount
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Women's Cultures / Women's Lives
with Leslie Calman
Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
09/23, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16, 01/13, 2/10, 03/10, 04/7, 05/05, 06/02
BCRW, 101 Barnard Hall
Fee: $ 350
Now in its 18th year, Women's Cultures/ Women's Lives is a reading
group that explores contemporary fiction and memoir by women of many
cultures—with the inclusion of a classic or two and, to round things
out, an occasional male author writing about women. Be prepared for
spirited and insightful discussion, laughter and lively debate. Led by
Leslie Calman, former Director of the Barnard Center for Research on
Women, and current executive director of the Mautner Project: The
National Lesbian Health Organization
Reading List:
Kate Christensen, The Great Man
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are Not the
Only Fruit
Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque
Maggie O'Farrell, The Vanishing Act of Esme
Lennox
Edith Wharton, The Children
Dahlia Sofer, The September of Shiraz
Jane Harris, The Observations
J.M. Coetzee, Elizabeth Costello
Kate Grenville, Secret River
Susan Choi, A Person of Interest
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