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6:30-8:30: November 8, 2006

Posted By: Our Life in Six Lyrical Poems
Date: Friday, 15 September 2006, at 11:24 a.m.

THE PHILOCTETES CENTER FOR THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF IMAGINATION
at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute
247 East 82nd Street
(EDWARD NERSESSIAN AND FRANCIS LEVY, CO-DIRECTORS)

invites you to participate in its inaugural education program
Our Life in Six Lyrical Poems
a poetry course
at
The Philoctetes Center
247 East 82nd Street (3rd Floor)

Wednesday, 6:30-8:30: November 8, 2006
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30: December 5, 2006; January 23, 2007; February 20, 2007; March 27, 2007; and April 24, 2007

The course will be taught by Michael Braziller, the Publisher of Persea Books, an independent literary press he co-founded in 1975, and which is devoted almost exclusively to educational and poetry titles. One eminent poet will be invited to assist in teaching each class. Mr. Braziller and his guest will look closely at some of the greatest and most memorable poems of our time, such as Thomas Hardy's "Poems of 1912-13," and William Butler Yeats' "The Tower." Historical, political, artistic and biographical influences will be discussed. But the principal emphasis will be on the emotional and psychological life of the poems themselves, and the ways in which they deal with love, joy, grief, aging, the role of politics, and the fear of change in our lives. In addition, the visiting poet will read and discuss one poem of his or her own which was, in some way, influenced by the poem under discussion. No prior registration or fee is required.

Poets: Louise Gluck, Nov. 8; Carol Muske-Dukes, Dec. 5; Eamon Grennan, Jan. 23.
Additional guest poets to be announced.

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The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited on a first-come basis.

The mission of the Philoctetes Center is to foster the study of imagination -- funding research, organizing roundtable discussions, offering courses and programs open to the public. The Center publishes a newsletter, Dialog, and is developing a web-based clearing house on work related to imagination. In addition, the Center will publish its journal, Philoctetes, in the coming months. Visit www.philoctetes.org for more information. You may call at 646-422-0645 or email info@philoctetes.org .