Hogan's Writing Workshops

JUDY HOGAN’S WRITING WORKSHOPS-WINTER/SPRING 08

POETRY WORKSHOP at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC), Pittsboro.

April 5, 12, 19, & 26, Saturdays, 1-4 P.M. Room and registration info: 542-2201. Cost $150. Learn to write publishable poetry in one’s own voice by imitating themes and forms of Russia’s great poet, Anna Akhmatova. Min. 6; max.12. No prerequisites. Students read in English; Judy reads Russian. Text: The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Translator, Judith Hemschemeyer.

FICTION WORKSHOP. Judy’s home in Moncure. Jan 19, 22 & Feb 2, snow day Feb 9. Saturdays, 9 AM-4 PM, w/lunch, $240; bring bag lunch, $216. Preparing, revising, and editing fiction. Participants should already be writing short stories or novels. We will use Elizabeth George’s Write Away, including plot and character exercises. Hogan will read up to 20 pages/week; students may read aloud for additional feedback Min. 4, max. 12.

JOURNAL/MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY WORKSHOP. Judy’s home. March 1, 8, 15, Saturdays 9-4 PM, w/lunch, $240, bring bag lunch, $216. How to get more out of journal writing and create memoirs and first person narratives more alive to a reader using details, metaphors, and characterization. No prerequisites. Min. 4, max. 12. Texts: May Sarton’s Journal of a Solitude; Marcel Proust’s "Combray" section of In Search of Lost Time (Vol. I).

SELF HEAL/JOURNAL/LIFE-STYLE WORKSHOP. Judy’s home. May 17, Saturday, 9-4 PM. W/lunch and sample self heal herb tea and plants. $100. Learn the uses and cultivation of the medicinal herb, self heal ( prunella vulgaris) and discuss lifestyle strategies for self-healing and a calmer, more enjoyable life-style. Self heal is notable for its usefulness for allergies, colds, sore throats, coughs, and wounds. It’s an astringent with minimal side-effects. Judy has used it many years and is now growing it. She has also kept a journal since she was 13 and will show ways the journal heals and enhances one’s life.

For more information: Judy Hogan, (919) 545-9932. judyhogan@mindspring.com. To register for Judy’s classes held at her home in Moncure, send $20 with contact info to: PO Box 253, Moncure, N.C. 27559-0253. Note: Judy may only teach courses in Jan-May. She does free-lance editing for $2.50/page, $40 min.. Details: http://judyhogan.home.mindspring.com

Who is Judy Hogan? Judson Jerome of Writer’s Digest, called Judy Hogan "one of the most experienced editor-publishers in the small press field," and strongly recommended her consultation-by-mail service. Ms. Hogan has 35+ years of editing experience in all genres and was Co-Editor of Hyperion Poetry Journal (1969-81) and Editor-in Chief of Carolina Wren Press (1976-90). She has published and helped launch on their literary careers hundreds of new writers of all ages, men/women/, black/white, with varying educational backgrounds. As Carolina Wren Press editor, she saw 34 books into print, 13 of which were picked to be part of NEA’s "New American Writing" displays at international book fairs. She has taught classes since 1974. Ms. Hogan has published five volumes of her own poetry, edited five anthologies, and published two non-fiction books. In 2003 an early Carolina Wren author, Jaki Shelton Green, won the prestigious North Carolina award for her poetry and service to literature.



"Healthy beings take short rests, adjust themselves, grieve, let go, but pick up where they left off, noting what has been achieved, turning to finish the work while time is given--precious time." A Thread of Gold XIV. May 27, 2007
Judy Hogan (919) 545-9932