Master offered tips for creative writing and Spanish poetry

Last winter, with authors visiting authors worked to create poetry on the craft of writing and the challenges in a different language.

Rollins hosted famous writer Garth Greenwell and Luis Muñoz on 15 February, every writer separate craft, followed by a common reading, interview and book signing lectured.

During maintenance of ships Winter writer Green six participants the opportunity to work with him on his short game piece had. Thanks to its critics Green made the call overview of the narrative and the environment and their role in creative fiction.

He focused on how these elements come together to create an effective scene and how they change the amount of pressure or drama in a scene. He stressed that these decisions are crucial for the success of a piece of fiction.

Garth Greenwell started what is yours, and creative writing workshop in Iowa graduate, the most prestigious nation Creative Writing.

His book won the British Book Award for longlist principles for the National Book Award and was nominated for six awards.

The other guest, Luis Muñoz, teaches at the time in the creative writing program AMF Spanish at the University of Iowa. It is a well known Spanish poet and author of five books of poetry.

His recent collections include love Silencio (Silence Cher) Clean Fish: He possessed collected (cleaning fish: Collected Poetry) and a bilingual edition of his poetry behind the scenery: New and Selected Poems.

Muñoz has received several awards for his work, including the Spanish prices   Generació 27 and critical eye.

Munoz participants were asked specific questions about your writing process. For example, questions about their thoughts, intentions and influences behind the poems backstage. He said he usually looks   Poetry as a profession. Compare the creative process of other craftsmen process as doctors, fishermen and welders.

It is this idea of poetry as a profession it led one of his books of poetry cleaned fish (fish cleaning) to name. She saw her writing process as a "mixture of craft and intuition," similar to clean the effect of a fish.

Muñoz also discussed aspects of writing poetry that are specific to the Spanish language. For example, the long syntax of the language, the musical qualities of writing within eight to eleven lines of syllables is created, and believes that the circular nature of Spanish poetry has.

Green and Muñoz also introduced where their own works to read a common alternative reading. The two authors conducted a great and powerful reading, artfully blends the themes of his works in a harmonious way. Through poems Muñoz   Read in Spanish Read Green the English translation for them.

During the interview session after each author presents his views on his own writing and literature as a whole, to answer questions in the selection of topics ranging that every author in his the reason to write your own, why these well-traveled people in rural Iowa could settle.

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