Where
Salisbury University - University House1116 Camden Avenue
Salisbury, MD 21801
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Contact
Molly RiordanCenter for Extended & Lifelong Learning at Salisbury University
410-543-6090
cell@salisbury.edu
More Information
Registration is $15 if completed by September 1, $20 afterwards.
David Oates - Haiku and Senryu Writing Workshop
Sept. 19, 10-11:30 am. Salisbury University
Everyone is invited to register for the class, even if you've never tried your hand at these Japanese styles of writing poetry, or even if you don't know what they are!
In school, we were taught that haiku is a form--this many syllables, this many lines. However, in the last few decades. English-language haiku has grown into a genre that focuses more on content and writing style and less on syllable count. Haiku mostly focus on nature, while the related form of short, Japanese-inspired senryu is more focused on human nature. While the workshop will focus on these two, Oates will touch on some related forms for further study as well as provide resources to connect with good haiku from committed writers.
Participants are also invited to an Open Mic Night Thursday, September 20 at the University House from 6-8 pm.
David Oates - Humor Writing Workshop
Sept. 20, 4-5:30 pm. Salisbury University
Everyone is invited to register for the class, even if you've never tried to be funny before or are not sure that you are! David will help show you that, with some training, anyone can write and perform humor. He will discuss various types of humor, share comedic techniques, and help you find your unique humorous style.
Participants are also invited to an Open Mic Night Thursday, September 20 at the University House from 6-8 pm.
David Oates is the host and producer of Wordland, a radio program of poetry, stories, and comedy, and the former host of Great Apes (comedy), both on WUGA, Athens GA’s public radio station. He ran the Athens poetry slam and was editor and publisher of Monkey Magazine (slam poetry and satire, mostly). His books are Night of the Potato(fiction and poetry), Shifting with My Sandwich Hand, Drunken Robins and, upcoming, The Deer’s Bandanna (the last three, haiku). He is a member of the Haiku Society of America, Word of Mouth Poetry, Athens, and Los Donderinos writing group. His stories and poems have been published in several magazines, newspapers and websites.
Oates has done amateur stand-up and sketch comedy, and wrote for the comic strip Shoe in the ’80s. His degrees are in writing from The Univ. of Chicago and the Univ. of Illinois–Chicago. Former jobs include reporting, radio announcing, teaching, proofreading, and Burger-Chefing. His website is davidoatesathensga.com.
