Humanities • Writing

K204 POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP ***

OLLI program: OLLI Online Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Thursday 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Dates of class: 2/10/2022 - 4/28/2022 • Class limit: 18 Instructor: Helen Griffith Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Discussion Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

For those who enjoy writing poetry or those who would like to try, this is an opportunity to read your poems to people interested in helping you improve as a poet. Having specific assignments will stretch you as a poet, while reading and critiquing poems can broaden your outlook and enrich your own work. Class participation and help with facilitation are encouraged.

K205 WRITING MEMOIRS *

OLLI program: OLLI Online Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Wednesday 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dates of class: 2/9/2022 - 4/27/2022 • Class limit: 14 Instructor: Rae Tyson Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Discussion Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

As a means of preserving your personal legacy, memoirs have become one of the most popular forms of creative expression. But crafting a good memoir can be a challenge. To guide that journey, this course helps you master and practice the art of writing a good, readable memoir.

K209 WRITERS’ ADVANCED WORKSHOP: WEDNESDAY

OLLI program: Wilmington Course location: Arsht Hall, Wilmington Wednesday 2:15 p.m. - 4 p.m. Dates of class: 2/9/2022 - 5/11/2022 • Class limit: 12 Instructor: Christine Waisanen Number of class sessions: 13 • Price for course: $70 Course format: Discussion

Advanced writers’ workshop where participants share and critique their prose writing, fiction, memoir or nonfiction in lively discussion following established writing principles. Not for beginning writers or those inexperienced in workshop format. Be prepared to write!

K207 YESTERDAY FOR TOMORROW **

OLLI program: OLLI Online Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Monday 10:45 a.m. - noon Dates of class: 2/7/2022 - 4/25/2022 • Class limit: 35 Instructors: Rose Greer, Rebecca Varlas Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Discussion Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

Beginning and experienced writers practice principles and enjoy the pleasures of memoir writing. We write at home. Then in class, we read aloud our times of laughter, sorrow, fear and joy. We express our history, leave treasures for our descendants and inspire each other to chronicle memorable moments. Come! Write your memoirs! Notice: We request confidentiality. What you see, what you hear, when you leave, leave it here.