Mini-retreat two days - with instructor Jules Nyquist

Friday, March 6th - 1 to 4 pm

Saturday, March 7th - 10 am - 4 pm (includes writing lunch break)

pre-registration required

In this mini-retreat, we’ll explore the writing and life of Elizabeth Bishop. There are two parts to allow ample time to get to know this Pultzer-Prize winning poet’s life story through her poetry. By reading and discussing her poems and what was written about her, we will generate our own poems to reflect on some of the same issues that speak to us, and study her craft. Jules studied with Bishop scholar April Bernard at Bennington College.  

Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet, short-story writer, and recipient of the 1976 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. She was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956 and the National Book Award winner in 1970.  https://www.poeticous.com/elizabeth-bishop

Photo: 1954 in Samambaia Brazil with cat Tobiasp

Jules Nyquist, Ph.D., is the founder of Jules’ Poetry Playhouse in Placitas, NM. Her recent award-winning books are Atomic Paradise, Homesick, then, and The Sestina Playbook (Poetry Playhouse Publications). She took her PhD in Post-Secondary Adult Education from Capella University and her MFA in Writing and Literature from Bennington College.  Her philosophy of creative writing and her dissertation research focus on poetic inquiry is that poetry uses qualities of observation, curiosity, emotion, and imagination, to name a few. These qualities can serve as a lens for viewing the world. She supports writers to use their senses, breath, language, and their voice to create ways to share their stories.  Jules believes it is important to feel that our voices are being heard and to have that we have a sense of community with other writers and poets.  Jules studied with Bishop scholar April Bernard at Bennington College.