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Saturday, May 5 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm
What Big Words You Have: Using Fairy Tales in Your Poetry FULL

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Experiment with taking your personal experience from, “This one time…” to, “Once upon a time…” through the use of fairy tales in your writing. By subordinating the objective facts of experience, fairy tales prioritize subjectivity and provide writers an opportunity to reveal an amplified emotional truth. Fairy tale can also help us evade the illusion of "real life," allowing us to approach social, political, or personal topics through the lens of fantasy. Join this workshop for magical writing exercises and spellbinding readings!
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Mollie Chandler

Associate Editor, Macmillan Learning
I'm a poet and sometimes-fantasy writer with work published or forthcoming in The Fairy Tale Review, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, The Charles River Journal, Hollow, and Light, to name a few. My interests include fairy tales, baking, existential philosophy, vintage fashion, and... Read More →

Saturday May 5, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark Room
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