Saratoga Springs' first poet laureate, Joseph Bruchac, will immerse participants in the inspiring natural environment of Pitney Meadows.
This 12 years old + workshop is tailored to accommodate varying levels of literary experience. FREE with a suggested donation!
In this workshop, we’ll explore the therapeutic power of poetry and its ability to connect us to the healing forces of nature. Joseph Bruchac will guide participants in writing poetry that not only reflects the beauty of the land but also serves as a source of personal and communal healing. Through our shared love of words and the natural world, we'll discover how poetry can be a powerful tool for emotional and spiritual renewal.
About Joseph Bruchac: Writer, musician, and traditional storyteller, Joseph Bruchac is a citizen and member of the Elders Council of the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation. A best-selling author of over 180 books in several genres, his poems, essays, and stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and hundreds of magazines ranging from Akwesasne Notes, Cricket, and Highlights for Children, to the Paris Review, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. A graduate of Cornell University, where he was the varsity heavyweight wrestler and editor of the school literary magazine, he then attended Syracuse University where he earned his Master's degree and held a Creative Writing Fellowship, and The Union Institute of Ohio where he obtained a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. He also has been given honorary doctorates by SUNY/Potsdam, Wheelock College, and Middlebury College. He's the founder, Editor, and Publisher, with his late wife Carol, of The Greenfield Review Press, one of America's leading small presses which has been a pioneer in the publishing of Native American and African writers, and bilingual English/Abenaki books through its Bowman Books Imprint. He has also served on the editorial board of numerous other publications, including Epoch and Parabola.
This workshop, Explore to Learn: Art of Remembering is supported with funding from the New York State Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP) and New York's Environmental Protection Fund. The NYSCPP is administered by the Land Trust Alliance, in coordination with the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
