Programs

SHARING OUR STORIES, GIVING VOICE TO OUR SONGS

By creating a nurturing and supportive writing environment, Michael Glaser offers a workshop that has been called "the perfect balance of inspiration and writing."  Through sharing poems by contemporaries, Glaser creates a space for reflection and exploration as he engages your mind and spirit with our shared ideas and concerns. Then with a few easy exercises and prompts, he encourages you to give voice your own poems and stories, to bring out the writer that is waiting within.

Michael S. Glaser has been the Poet Laureate of Maryland since August, 2004.  Recently retired from St. Mary's College of Maryland where he served as both a professor and administrator for 38 years, Glaser also served as Maryland State Arts Council Poet-in-the-Schools for more than 20 years.  He is a recipient of the Homer Dodge Endowed Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Columbia Merit Award for service to poetry.  Widely sought as a speaker and workshop leader, he has edited two anthologies and published over 500 poems in a variety of venues.  His most recent books are Being a Father, and the chapbook "Fire Before the Hands" which won the 2007 Anabiosis Press Chapbook contest.  His next chapbook, "Remembering Eden" will be published by Finishing Line Press.  Glaser has five grown children and six grandchildren.  He is married to the educator, Kathleen W. Glaser, who works with the Center for Courage and Renewal.