Report from the Field: Embodied Writing Can Be Your New Activism

Report from the Field: Embodied Writing Can Be Your New Activism

On Saturday, January 21, 2017, I discovered that my body is not made for protest marches. Since the election and the ensuing rhetoric coming from...

VIDA Panels and Events at AWP

VIDA Panels and Events at AWP

BOOTH #464 Visit our table to say hello, arm yourself with information, and stock up on swag!   E V E N T S :...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Melissa Studdard

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Melissa Studdard

What’s the earliest experience, or a stand-out experience, you can remember that made you realize that you can be yourself, write as yourself, and write...

WHY ARE PEOPLE SO INVESTED IN KENNETH GOLDSMITH? OR, IS COLONIALIST POETRY EASY?

WHY ARE PEOPLE SO INVESTED IN KENNETH GOLDSMITH? OR, IS COLONIALIST POETRY EASY?

Kenneth Goldsmith reading “The Body of Michael Brown” (screenshot via @soulellis/Twitter) “Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means...