O TASTE AND SEE: WRITING THE SENSES IN DEEP FRANCE
INSTRUCTOR: MARILYN KALLET
7 NIGHTS and 8 DAYS
MAY 14-21 2012
Fee: $2295 includes all instruction, lodging, and some meals
Join Poet
Marilyn Kallet
for the
writing adventure
of a lifetime
"Above
all, I learned to breathe.
Like the roses of Auvillar,
I opened to what
was around me.
I inhaled and savored."
-- Tomi Wiley
2010 workshop
participant
Now entering its fourth season, this is a writing workshop with emphasis on (but not limited to) poetry writing, in which we invite language to help us celebrate the sensory joys of being in Southwest France.
Everything is poetry in Auvillar
Auvillar is considered one of the most beautiful villages in France. The food is fresh and delicious, the wine is superb and reasonably priced, the scenery is vibrant, and the light changes hundreds of times each day. The Garonne River courses by, offering its own poetry. The 13th century walls, built on Roman ruins, evoke history at every turn.
It's impossible not to write here
The workshop includes a visit to the open-air market in Valence d'Agen as well as photography and cooking demonstrations with professional photographer and journalist Christophe Gardner, who is also a gourmet chef.
Christophe Gardner was the chef for various restaurants with Michelin stars: Le Chardonnay in Reims, Le Morvan in Avalon and Jean-Claude Ferrerro in Paris. He owned Ile de France, Bloomington, Le Monthelie, Montreal and Main à la Pate, Montreal.
Christophe started photographing professionally 35 years ago and is starting a photography agency in Auvillar; the agency will offer workships with lodging available. His photographs eree on display in June at the Tourist Bureau of Auvillar. Christopher writes and photographs for the newspaper, Le Depeche du Midi.
Marilyn Kallet
website
Marilyn is the author of 15 books, including
Packing Light: New and Selected Poems (Black Widow Press, 2009). She is also the translator of both Benjamin Péret's The Big Game (Black Window Press 2011) and Paul Eluard's Last Love Poems (Black Widow Press, 2006).
Click here to see a slide show of the 2011 workshop
Click here to read Marilyn's blog about her experiences in Auvillar, at Red Room.
