SPECIAL ONE DAYPOETRY WORKSHOP with Dorothy Friedman August Dorothy August is an award winning poet, teacher and editor. She is author of 3 books of poems, Family Album, Liberty Years, and NIGHT poems. Ms. August studied with John Ashbery and Susan Fromberg Schaeffer at BrooklynCollege where she received her M.F.A. She's won prestigious awards, including a 1997 N.Y.F.A. fellowship and has published in The Partisan Review, Hanging Loose, The California Quarterly, The Centennial Review, Mudfish, Tribes, Orbis, Mobius, The Long Islander, Big Bridge, Sinister Wisdom, The New York Arts Journal, Kayak, spinybabble, etc. Anthologies include Speaking The Word, Ikon, Two Unbearables collections: Worst Book and Sex anthology, as well as excerpt from a memoir in A Jewish

History of the Lower East Side, ed. by Clayton Patterson (2013) and was poetry editor of Downtown for over ten years and co-editor of DOWNTOWN POETS, an anthology. Currently she is completing two books of poems: L SHAPED ROOM and DRINKING ALASKA and edits a zine called WHITE RABBIT. She has been giving poetry and writing workshops and tutorials for over twenty years.

"A compassionate wonderful teacher,"- Sapphire" “Dorothy Friedman August is a terrific writing teacher. She is a finely tuned reader of poetry who ferrets out what does and doesn't work in a poem. Her feedback was instrumental in helping my writing rise to a new level.” -Prabu Vasan

"Dorothy Friedman August is a poetry teacher with a deep understanding of poetry and can see enigmatic as well as original work as valid, as well as appreciating simple poetic truth, I would recommend studying with her to anyone seriously involved with the noble poetic art." -Matthew Anish

Create new poetry and prose and hone your craft! Free initial consultation. Writing exercises and in-class writing provided. Positive and supportive feedback. Reading and publication at completion of a sequence of four (4) workshops. Fee: $25 (in advance), $35 (on day of workshop) The Workshop takes place on Saturday, March 16, from 2-5 PM @ TRIBES GALLERY, 285 E. 3rd Street, Between Avenues C and D, Call: 646-257-6730 for more info. or e-mail: friedmandorothy@gmail.com