Heather Hartley -- guest instuctor, Paris editor of Tin House magazine -- reads for the Paris Poetry Workshop @ Shakespeare & Company Books.

Poet Hope Alvarado, courting the muse in Paris ...

Along the Seine in May ...

PPW participant Ramon Garcia reads at Shakespeare & Co Books ...

PPW participant Sherry Shahan at the Marais atelier of poet/photographer Margo Berdeshevsky ~

Every May, usually the second or third week of the month, Cecilia runs a week-long workshop in Paris.  The workshop is open to poets writing in English at all levels of development — from those just beginning to explore the possibilities of imaginative language, to those already polishing their craft and publishing.  Participants generate new work, hone their craft, offer feedback and support one another’s creative endeavors, make new friends and expand their literary horizons.  In addition, they see and experience a side of Paris not readily accessible to the average tourist, and spend time in Paris as a poet among poets. The workshop also gives participants the chance to meet writers and artists living and working in Paris, at informational gatherings, readings and afternoon discussion groups.

For more information on the 2012 Paris Poetry Workshop, e-mail Carmen Palmer at carmencpalmer@gmail.com.  Please write “Paris Poetry Workshop” in the subject line.