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Words in Place
Reconnecting with nature through
creative writing
Paul Matthews
Words in Place is a creative writing course with a
difference. It invites us to experience nature afresh and explore
plants, animals, minerals, and place as a way of re-connecting
with language.
Artists, students, poets, educators and nature lovers will appreciate
the playful and witty exercises, which include 'haiku hikes',
word and story games, written conversation, collaborative writing
and 'tiny tales'. These spells will help you see into nature's
secrets and re-imagine the world.
This powerful and unusual book will also be enjoyed for its insights
into the nature of imagination, richly illustrated by the work
of the poets and writers who have created the literary landscape
of the author's workplace at Emerson College, Sussex.
Paul Matthews is a poet and teacher of creative writing
at Emerson College in Forest Row. He is the founder of Poetry
OtherWise, a summer gathering for writers at Emerson College,
and the author of Sing Me the Creation.
'… inspirational to those committed
to the art of education, in the broadest senses, and, most especially,
to those drawn to both the art of writing and the art of healing.'
Peter Abbs, Professor of Creative Writing, University
of Sussex
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272pp; 210 x 148mm;
978-1-903458-69-3;
paperback; £14.99
'Paul Matthews is a wonderful
poet. He knows what is at the heart of poetry, and is attentive
to what truly matters there. He is also a master-tutor - of writing,
and word-play - and can draw the very best out of others.'
Katherine Pierpoint, poet
'… a wonderfully beautiful book that creatively blurs
the boundaries between writing and life. I love Paul Matthews'
way of teaching.'
Robert Sardello, The School of Spiritual Psychology
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