
Fostering community through the literary arts
Writing Poetry Toward a Book Form
Mon, Sep 18
|Iowa City
In this four-session class participants will generate and develop their own writing (focus will be on poetry, but other genres are also welcome) intended for book form.


Time & Location
Sep 18, 2023, 7:00 PM – Sep 19, 2023, 7:00 PM
Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
About the event
In this four-session class participants will generate and develop their own writing (focus will be on poetry, but other genres are also welcome) intended for book form. Classes will be a mixture of generative writing sessions, low-stakes workshop/feedback, discussion, and demos on introductory binding techniques. For the books we make in-class, participants will have the option to include their own writing or not. Participants should expect to walk away with some new writing and intro-level skills they can use to make their own books.
Topics covered:
The history of printing! And specfic challenges for poetry: long lines, page breaks, editors who don't understand....for this class, we won't be printing outselves, but participants will be introduced to different printing technologies they might explore in the future
Basic bookbinding: 3 hole pamphlet binding / accordion binding / one-page bindings / pocket folder binding / stab binding
Design considerations we will discuss: one-page…