The Irish Writers Centre are running an erotic writing course:
Writing Desire: Flesh Made Word
with Sean
O'Reilly & Kimberly Campanello
25th September: Tues
6.30pm-8.30pm €280/260 members
“How can
we write about sex? Irish writing seems to shy away from
any attempt to represent the reality and complexity of our erotic lives. Sex is
a secret. Desire is merely a plot-device. The story of a character's
erotic life or the growth of a character's erotic taste seems to have no
bearing on a convincing psychological portrait of a literary character. This
10-week course looks at the history of the genre of
erotic writing, looking at some classic texts in both prose and poetry,
and concentrating on student's writing in this field. Using both
poetry and prose, participants will learn that the 'erotic' is more than the
description of sexual acts but the context in which they take place, about
power and fantasy, and in particular, about the representation
of desire itself. Emphasis will be on participants own work and
feedback in a group setting.”
4 comments:
I can think of many who don't too! Love the 'erotic outreach for culchies' idea :)
Thanks Valerie! Maybe I'll start a petition:)
Reminds me of the erotic issue of the stinging fly that (I may be wrong) I think Sean was going to be editing, and it never came about... but maybe the entries are getting recycled into material for this?!
Maybe they might include it on the curriculum for the proposed masters?!!
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