POET IN THE HOUSE a workshop on Docupoetics with Kevin Gallagher

POET IN THE HOUSE

December 6, 2021, 7 pm, with Kevin Gallagher presenting on Docupoetics

Session Description: There are a growing number of poetry books ‘set’ in another time, and are often referred to as ‘docupoetics.’  There are many varieties of docupoetics that can be traced to ancient times.  Famous 20^th century books that are now being called antecedents of the current wave of docupoetics include Muriel Rukeyser’s The Book of the Dead, Patersonby William Carlos Williams, Testimony by Charles Reznikoff, Octavio Paz’s Sunstone, and many others.  In this century two classics are Kevin Young’s Ardency and Whereas by Layli Long Soldier.  This PITH with will be a reading, discussion, and workshop on poetry of this genre.  Participants should bring a poem from one of these books or one of your choosing for reading, discussion and writing.

Please register for this event in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Kevin Gallagher is a poet, publisher, and political economists living in Belmont.  Two of his recent books are  And Yet it Moves  and LOOM, (MadHat Press) both of which would be considered docupoetics.  He is the publisher and editor of spoKe, a Boston area annual of poetry and poetics.  He works as a professor of global development policy at Boston University.