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Post-Conference Workshop

Nature Across the Genres:
Breathing the Wild in Poems, Stories and Creative Nonfiction
with
John Daniel

June 18-20

Participate in a special, unique workshop at the internationally recognized, award-winning Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge across Kachemak Bay on the shores of China Poot Bay.  Inspiration, presentation, and a truly enchanting environment make the Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge a perfect place to focus on your writing.

WORKSHOP:

Nature Across the Genres:
Breathing the Wild in Poems, Stories and Creative Nonfiction

"Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! the actual world!... Contact! Contact! Who are we? Where are we?"

Henry Thoreau came to this transcendent moment descending Mount Katahdin in Maine, but it is available anywhere on Earth, and certainly here in the Great Land of Alaska. Spending time outdoors and in, we'll look for ways to open ourselves and our writing to the breath of the wild, which may manifest itself in poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Participants are invited (but not required) to submit in advance a manuscript of prose or poetry for workshopping and my critique in a supportive, constructively critical environment. (Submit up to 3 poems or 15 double-spaced pages of fiction or nonfiction by May 1, 2013, to eshollowell@kpc.alaska.edu.)

ACCOMMODATIONS:

Double-occupancy, shared charming cabins with bath

FOOD:

Meals will be provided by Lodge staff

ITINERARY:

June 18: Depart Homer Boat Harbor by boat taxi at 6:00pm, arrive at Lodge at about 6:30pm.
June 20: Depart Lodge at 4:00pm; arrive in boat harbor at about 4:30pm.

REGISTRATION:

There is a limit of 15 participants; first -come, first-served. Minimum enrollment is 8.
Complete and submit registration in advance at the time of general conference registration. This post-conference workshop is only available to conference registrants.

Special Fee (in addition to conference fee):

$400 (includes housing, food, boat taxi: gratuity not included). Co-sponsored by the Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge.

Other activities:

Unwind after workshop sessions; explore the tide pools, walk on the trails or relax on the decks.