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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A creative writing class for older adults will be held at the Mendocino College Lake Center of Mendocino College.
The class will take place on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon from Aug. 18 through Dec. 8.
Writing in all genres is welcome, from poetry, fiction and memoir, to nonfiction and script.
“Come unleash your creative verve,” said Professor Steve Hellman.
With more than 45 years experience in writing and teaching, Professor Hellman offers encouraging guidance to writers in their creative process.
He creates a safe and positive classroom environment with a focus on the collaborative process and the importance of trusting in your own forms of self-expression.
Participants will sample the work of published authors, share in an exchange of ideas, styles and techniques, and then share and enjoy reviewing each other’s work.
Masking and social distancing are required in the classroom.
Register for English 503-2015 at the Lake Center, 2565 Parallel Drive, Lakeport, or online at www.mendocino.edu.
The cost is only $12.
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French American poet, Natalie Handal, has lived in Europe, Latin America and the Arab world since her birth in Haiti, and she offers here a clever and somewhat whimsical self-portrait that flirts with the idea that it is often impossible to presume what is inside of us simply by what our faces offer.
“Cara Aceitunada” is Spanish for “olive-colored face.”
Cara Aceitunada
By Natalie Handal
In Granada
a man asked
for the birds inside of me
I told him I’ve never
belonged to anyone
He asked
where I was from
I gave him a list of cities
He said
the mirrors of history
confuse history
but in your olive-colored face
no one can disturb your heart
American Life in Poetry does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. It is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2020 by Natalie Handal, “Cara Aceitunada” from A Country Album (University of Pittsburg Press 2020.) Poem reprinted by permission of the author and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2021 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Kwame Dawes, is George W. Holmes Professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska.
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