POETRY IN CONVERSATION

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Across historical moments, poets talk not only to other poets but also to artists working in other media. This course examines poetry in and as conversation. Alongside critical and creative writing exercises, students explore the friendships, gossip, and tensions of various artistic schools and movements. In doing so, the course reveals poetry as a site of collaboration. Possible topics include Cubism, Futurism, the Beats, the New York School(s), Abstract Expressionism, contemporary translation press projects, as well as transhistorical forms like ekphrasis and cut-ups. 002122