Workshop: Finger Exercises for Poets with Dorianne Laux (US)

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Dates:
9am-10:30am, Wednesday 13 August 2025

Address:
Online via Zoom

Cost: $40

Event type(s):
Workshop, Online





Strengthen your writing muscles with acclaimed poet, Pulitzer Prize finalist and The Poet’s Companion coauthor Dorianne Laux(US).

Focused on exercises from her book on craft, Finger Exercises for Poets, join us for an engaging and inspiring invitation to practice poetry alongside one of its masters. With wide-ranging examples from classic and contemporary poets, Dorianne Laux demystifies the magic of language that makes great poetry and offers generative exercises to harness that magic.

Ticketing

International Masterclasses are offered at subsidised rates. Workshops of this calibre are typically ticketed at $100 or more, but Red Room Poetry is committed to keeping costs as low and accessible as possible.

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