Tag: political poetry

Finding Poetry – guest blog post by Cheryl Caesar

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"What is your process when writing a found poem?" editor Jessica Purgett asked me recently, in an interview. Good question!  And one I hadn't considered before–it had seemed like a simple thing. But the more I thought about it, the more complicated and interesting that question was. My […]

The Politics of Close Reading – guest blog post by Adra Raine

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For most of us invested in poetry--as writers, scholars, teachers, students, and readers--close reading is a fundamental practice. In this blog post, I consider what is involved in and produced by close reading, why we do it, when we do it, and its political effects. Close reading is […]

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