Directory of Writers' Circles

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Courses include a six-week course that teaches the students how to write sketches, in prose and poetry, of people they know, at least by sight. That could be a co-worker whose quirky manner endlessly intrigues them. Or they could peek a little into the life of the waitress who brings them breakfast. There will be weekly 3-5 page writing assignments and some revisions. Along the way, students will also learn to heighten their ability to observe human nature by reading and discussing the works of such authors as Yeats, Hardy, Dickens, Wordsworth, Frost, Willa Cather, Louise Erdrich, John Updike, Tim O'Brien, and Alice Munro.

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