For more than a dozen years, Christian McEwen has taught poetry to teachers all over the United  States. Again and again, she has been startled by the distractedness & speed with which they, and so many others,feel obligated to conduct their lives. The workshop is intended as an antidote to that frantic sense of rush. It provides a welcome opportunity to slow down and pay attention, and, in so doing, to open up to our own neglected creativity.

World Enough & Time is intended as a hands-on workshop, combining stories and discussion with a special focus on reading, writing, walking, drawing and dreaming. All participants are welcome, though it will be of particular interest to creative writing students and to practicing artists of whatever genre (even those who are currently committed to a more traditional work life.