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Poets Ronnie Hess and Christina Kubasta will talk about chapbooks, share samples, and help you think about how to take your poems and put them together into a collection, readying for publication. As chapbook authors themselves, as well as editors and readers, Ronnie and Christina can share tips for crafting a cohesive collection and helping your poems speak to each other and to the reader.
This free workshop is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and includes practical information about submitting to contests, getting a manuscript published, and sharing your work with the wider world.
Materials fee includes handouts and guides, sample chapbooks you’ll be able to peruse, and a chapbook of Ronnie’s and Christina’s to take home.
Class size 15
Level Novice and above
Ronnie Hess is an award-winning journalist and poet whose food and travel writing has appeared in national and regional publications. She is the author of six poetry books with a seventh forthcoming (Word Press, 2023), as well as two award-winning culinary travel guides, Eat Smart in Portugal and Eat Smart in France, from Ginkgo Press. Ronnie currently serves as co-president of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.
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Christina Kubasta is a poet and fiction writer who also explores collaboration and connection with the visual arts — she also once worked at a small press and book bindery. Her most recent book is the short story collection Abjectification (Apprentice House, 2020), and her next poetry book is forthcoming in 2025. She posts and writes about writerly things on Twitter and Instagram @CKubastathePoet.
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Student cancellations
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18 Shake Rag St.
Mineral Point, WI 53565
(608) 987-3292
