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Making Poems of Our Lives

with Lylanne Musselman

In this poetry workshop, try individual and group writing activities help you delve into your memories to help mine your life experiences for memories that you want to explore more or that you may even have forgotten about…until now.

This workshop is presented in partnership with the Indiana Writers Center. Check out other writing workshops at library branches this season!

And to get prepped, here are some book lists about writing and poetry!

• Writing and Creativity
• Creative Writing Inspiration
• Poetry Anthologies

Instructor Lylanne Musselman is an award-winning poet, playwright, and visual artist. Her work has appeared in Poetry Breakfast, The Tipton Poetry Journal, The Indianapolis Review, and Pank, among others, and many anthologies. Musselman is the author of the poetry collection, It’s Not Love, Unfortunately (Chatter House Press, 2018). She’s the co-author of two other collections, Company of Women: New and Selected Poems (Chatter House Press, 2013), and Marriage Maps and Driven Destinies (Chatter House Press, 2023). She’s the author of six poetry chapbooks including Staring Dementia in the Face (Finishing Line Press, 2023). A six-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Musselman’s poems are included in the Inverse Poetry Archive, a collection of Hoosier poets, housed at the Indiana State Library. She teaches writing at both the University of Indianapolis and Ivy Tech Community College and writing workshops at Indiana Writers Center and E. B. Ball Center at Ball State. She’s currently working on several poetry collections.

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