Nathaniel Mackey: On writing workshops

“Teaching a workshop from the top-down is the wrong way to do it,” says prize-winning poet Nathaniel Mackey ( http://bit.ly/mackeysong ). A peek at Mackey’s undergraduate poetry class at Duke University.

The “Taking Note” series profiles humanities professors at Duke University.

Mackey's poetry:

"Day After Day of the Dead"
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/...

"On Antiphon Island"
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/...

Mackey’s poetry is collected in several volumes, including:
“Splay Anthem,” copyright 2006, New Directions Publishing;
“Nod House,” copyright 2011, New Directions Publishing.
http://www.ndbooks.com/author/nathani...

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