Spring Writers Event
Saturday May 10, 2008
10 am – 12 noon in the Story Room
No charge but reservation is required. Please contact the reference desk, starting April 14, at (989) 837-3449.
Inspiration and the Writing Process
Michael Delp, instructor of creative writing at the Interlochen Arts Academy, will lead a discussion about inspiration and the writing process. He will read selections from his new work and talk about the writing process in general and then about the inspiration for writing versus the act of writing. He will also cover the relationship between writing from the soul and the influence of the natural world.
Michael Delp is an instructor of creative writing at the Interlochen Arts Academy, where he has been the recipient of numerous awards from the National Foundation for the Arts for his accomplishments in the Presidential Scholars in the Arts program. He is also the co editor of the “Made in Michigan” writing series from Wayne State University Press. He has four full-length collections of poetry and prose, several chapbooks and is currently working on a short story collection. He spends most of his time on the Boardman River at the Reeling Waters Lodge. His most current writing project involves studying the languages of the natural world and how encrypted markings left by animals might be read and understood.
