At 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, NY. To sign up, go here.
“At its most basic, writing poetry is to experiment with letters, words, sounds, and symbols. Keeping that in mind, we will look at poetry in this class not as a static sub-genre of writing, but rather as the very basis of writing itself. We will experiment with the idea of “text-as-textile” in an effort to re-experience writing as something that can be handled and manipulated.
“Over the course of four weeks, we will look at a number of poetic genres and movements including (but not limited to) the schools of language writing, dada, haiku, cut-up, modernism, postmodernism, concrete and sound poetry. Students will work on their own writing, read and workshop the writing of their classmates, as well as have their writing workshopped in class.
“Along with in-class reading and writing exercises, students will be expected to read and write on their own time. Students should be open to working with—or be open to learning to work with—disjunction, as well as traditional poetic devices including linearity, lyricism, etc.. Students must be willing to share their work, as well as rework their own pieces in a number of different ways.”
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