Writing & Appreciating Modern & Contemporary Poetry X101.2 (2 semester units in English) Reading and writing poetry is really a dialogue with other poets, both living and dead. People who write poetry also need to read it and hear it. In this course, the first half of each session is devoted to discussing modern and contemporary poetry. The second half is conducted as a writing workshop, emphasizing the development of language and images. In your own writing in class, you are encouraged to experiment with various styles and techniques, with the aim of achieving honesty in poetic expression. Enrollment is limited. • 10 meetings • Sept. 19 to Nov. 28, 2007: Wed., 7-10 pm (no meeting Nov. 21) • 78 Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley campus • $450 (EDP 011718)    Register ONLINE at: http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/writing/ or by phone with your credit card: (510) 642-6362 Instructor Richard Silberg, M.A., Associate Editor of Poetry Flash, is also co-coordinator and host of the Poetry Flash reading series. He is the author of Doubleness, from the California Poetry Series/Heyday Books, and a collection of Poetry Flash essays titled Reading the Sphere: A Geography of Contemporary American Poetry, Berkeley Hills Books, among other titles. His newest poetry collection is Deconstruction of the Blues, Red Hen Press, Los Angeles, which received the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award and was nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry; his co-translation of the acclaimed Korean poet Ko Un, The Three Way Tavern: Selected Poems, University of California Press, was co-recipient of the 2007 Northern California Book Award for Translation. Richard Silberg also offers private editorial and manuscript consultation for individuals at reasonable rates. For more information about private consulting, please call Poetry Flash at (510) 525-5476 and leave a message.