Prose Poetry

Catalog description

In this course, the prose poem will be considered historically, globally, and in its varied contemporary manifestations. We will examine prose poetry as form, technique, and experiment; as resistance and deviation; as translation and adaptation; as dream work, protest, document. The texts we study will serve as springboards to the writing of prose poetry, through in-class writing, assignments, and workshop. Each student will complete a small chapbook of prose poems by the end of the semester.