Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Jamie Walters that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. Fifty-Fifty by Roberta Clipper That’s what I call myself. My mother’s a mongrel. That’s what she says: ancestors from so many different parts of Europe that she can’t tell where she got the same name as Dad’s. It’s true! It’s on her birth certificate—Gillian Ann Gill. As southern as the William Williamses and Jo Ann Joneses of the West. I tease ... Read More...
Getaway Reads 2017: Two Poems by Peter E. Murphy
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Jamie Walters that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. Mission Creep by Peter E. Murphy It’s why the pundits criticize the President, how something small turns into something huge and gets stuck so no one can extract it. “Pundit” comes from the Sanskrit meaning wise man, though today they’re mostly professional chatterers who line up on the talk shows like the hot cars along 42nd Street this ... Read More...
Getaway Reads: Two Poems by Sharon Olds
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Jamie Walters that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. I Go Back to May 1937 by Sharon Olds I see them standing at the formal gates of their colleges, I see my father strolling out under the ochre sandstone arch, the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood behind his head, I see my mother with a few light books at her hip standing at the pillar made of tiny bricks, the wrought-iron gate ... Read More...
Scholarships available for 2017 writers’ conference
Five scholarships are being offered for first-time participants of the 24th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway writers' conference. Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway January 13-16, 2017 Stockton Seaview Hotel Galloway, NJ (Atlantic City area) Recipients may choose from workshops in fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, songwriting, poetry and more. In addition to workshops, the conference also offers craft talks, one-on-one tutorials, a featured reading, open mics, yoga and dancing at the Getaway Disco. We have a number of different types of ... Read More...
Special Guests at the 2017 Winter Getaway
We’re pleased to present our Special Guests for the 2017 Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway: Stephen Dunn and Sharon Olds. Stephen and Sharon will both lead special sessions of the Advanced Poetry Workshop. The 24th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, a writers' conference near Atlantic City, NJ, will take place January 13-16, 2017. Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn is the author of 19 volumes of poetry including his latest chapbook, Keeper of Limits: The Mrs. Cavendish Poems, published in 2015, by Sarabande. His previous books include ... Read More...