Fall is the perfect time to snuggle up with a hot drink and a beautiful poem! We are thrilled to welcome Shanan Ballam, Poet Laureate of Logan, Utah as our instructor for October’s Exploring Creativity course, “Introduction to Poetry”. Shanan is a university educator and stroke survivor. Her expertise and experience are sure to provide a rich learning experience for this course.
To register for this FREE, VIRTUAL class for Adults 55+, please register here.
Shanan Ballam is the Poet Laureate for Logan City, Utah. She is a Senior Lecturer at Utah State University where she teaches poetry writing and composition. She is the author of The Red Riding Hood Papers and two full-length poetry collections Pretty Marrow and Inside the Animal: The Collected Red Riding Hood Poems. Shanan survived a massive stroke in January 2022 that paralyzed the entire right side of her body. It also robbed her of her language. Through a lot of difficult work, she has regained the ability to speak. She also has regained the use of her right hand and arm, but she is still struggling to walk. She never quit writing poetry, though, and she has written a new chapbook about her experience, first poems after the stroke. To read more of her work and to order her books, visit her website at http://shananballam.org.
