How do line breaks change the music and meaning of poems? In this session we'll discuss many approaches to breaking the poetic line, reading a variety of contemporary poems as examples. The instructor will share an early draft and finished version of one of her own poems and discuss the choices she made in revision. Then we'll take on a short line-breaking exercise for fun!

Sarah Browning is the author of the poetry collections Killing Summer and Whiskey in the Garden of Eden. Co-founder and past Executive Director of Split This Rock, the poetry and social justice organization, she now teaches with Writers in Progress. Browning received the Lillian E. Smith Award and fellowships from DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, VCCA, Yaddo, and Mesa Refuge. She holds an MFA in poetry and creative nonfiction from Rutgers Camden and lives in Philadelphia. More at www.sarahbrowning.net