June

Cape May’s Poet Laureate Sylvia Baer hosts two intensive, in-person seminars that delve into two distinct literary forms this June in Cape May Convention Hall’s air-conditioned Community Room, 714 Beach Ave. These seminars are devoted to understanding poetry by reading, exploring, and responding, and understanding the novel by exploring theme, symbols, character and setting. They are for anyone interested in literature at any level of knowledge and experience. Dr. Sylvia Baer has been a professor of literature for 51 years and is also the Poet Laureate of Cape May, a playwright, a memoirist, a writer of scholarly works, a translator of Spanish poetry (into English), and a Fellow at Yale University. She has deep connections to Cape May MAC, spanning five decades, and can proudly say that her father was the first president of Cape May MAC in 1971. 

July

Cape May’s Poet Laureate Sylvia Baer hosts four writing workshops in person this July in Cape May Convention Hall’s air-conditioned Community Room, 714 Beach Ave. Each workshop will be devoted to exploring a writing style: poetry, fiction, memoir and children’s literature. These workshops are for anyone interested in writing at any level of knowledge and experience. Participants will learn about the essentials of each style, with time for creative writing during each workshop. Sharing work is a personal choice and will not be required. After each session there will be time for discussion. Dr. Sylvia Baer has been a professor of literature for 52 years and is also the Poet Laureate of Cape May, a playwright, a memoirist, a writer of scholarly works, a translator of Spanish poetry (into English), and a Fellow at Yale University. She has deep connections to Cape May MAC, spanning five decades, and can proudly say that her father was the first president of Cape May MAC in 1971.