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Form & Craft
Essays and writing prompts related to poetic forms from many historical and contemporary traditions.
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- ArticleBy Natalia Conte
Crafting Surprising Images within Medical Intervention Poetry
- ArticleBy K.B. Thors
Kristín Svava classifies these stories as “þjóðlegur fróðleikur,” a beloved Icelandic literary genre that frequently memorializes dangerous and deadly wilderness journeys.
- ArticleBy Kwame Dawes & Saddiq Dzukogi
Writing teachers like to encourage writers to surprise themselves. The truth is this is such an impractical hope.
- ArticleBy Robert Fernandez
What happens when a poet takes inspiration from Mallarmé and a box of chewing gum?
- ArticleBy Kimiko Hahn
An intimate way to apprentice with a writer and/or with a specific poem.
- ArticleBy torrin a. greathouseOn the generative failures within a text.
- ArticleBy Terrance Hayes
I almost always anticipate failure or boredom when I attempt the sestina. It’s among my favorite forms.
- AudioVSBrittany and Ajanae conclude their mini-tour of the South by interviewing Jericho Brown; in this conversation, the trio discuss breaking bad writing habits, navigating...
- ArticleBy Tishani DoshiLanguage is never just about what is being said; it is also about how it is held.
- ArticleBy Jorrell WatkinsAfrican diasporic culture and the aesthetics of the blues.
