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Submit Questions for Inside the Manuscript with Maria Giesbrecht
This Wednesday, June 10, at 5 PM PT, we’re hosting our first-ever Inside the Manuscript with Maria Giesbrecht.
Inside the Manuscript isn’t a traditional book club. It’s part close reading, part craft conversation, and part behind-the-scenes literary salon.
After discussing the collection together, we’ll invite Maria to join us for a conversation about craft, revision, manuscript construction, publishing, and the journey from draft to finished book.
What would you like to ask Maria?
Drop your questions in the comments below. Questions with the most ❤️ hearts will take priority during the live conversation.
I can’t wait to read, learn, and talk poetry with you.
Feel free to post your questions here! I, in particular, wonder about her balance between the surreal and the literal narrative. How did she balance each in the manuscript? Does one come easier than the other?
I wonder what Maria recommends for developing the intelligence to know what can be left out of a poem--especially for those of us who tend to overwrite. In other words, how to develop trust in the images/narrative already on the page and know the poem's feeling is coming across without needing to include every narrative detail.