Poetry, Narrative & Argument: A Writing Workshop on Environmental Issues

Join us for a Writing Workshop with 2025 PMRCAA Resident Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell!

Date: March 18th

Time: 3 - 6 p.m.

Location: Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture

Join PMRCAA Resident Writer Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell for this hands-on, interactive writing workshop. During this workshop, participants will engage with photographs as creative stimuli, and experiment with three different writing genres: poetry, narrative, and argument/opinion.

Workshop Highlights:

Using Visual Stimuli as Inspiration: Margaret-Mary will project photographs focused on environmental issues and guide participants through creating "What-if" poems. These poems will create the foundation for their narrative and argumentative pieces.

Supporting Writing with Evidence: Attendees will get to support their written pieces with primary sources gathered from the Library of Congress website. Margaret-Mary will guide participants in using these sources to further adapt their poems and narratives, and inform their argument/opinion pieces.

Optional Materials to Bring:

• Notebook and pen/pencil

• Laptop

About the Instructor:

Margaret-Mary (MM) Sulentic Dowell, PhD, is a Cecil "Pete" Taylor Endowed Professor of Literacy Leadership & Urban Education at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. She is the Director of the LSU Writing Project & Coordinator of the PhD Program in Educational Leadership. During her residency MM is writing 2 children's books on little known environmentalists.

Cancellation Policy:

There are no refunds offered for workshops for less than $20.

Please submit all cancellation requests in writing to [email protected].

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Host or Publisher Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture