Week 2, Day 4: Wrongly Sutured

Pedagogical Musing: On another note, I think K. Silem Mohammad, in terms of his craft, is interested in highlighting linguistics, media, and the way words can intersect by dissecting something. Creating space in an infinitely-spaced medium. Conceptually, I love it. I think it would be a valuable exercise for students as well- and pedagogically speaking, I…

Week 2, Day 4: The War Within – Fiona Banner

Fiona Banner The Nam – While we didn’t get a large amount of text to view, the images and textual representations of other projects clearly show her scrupulous attention to detail and restricted structure. She IS craft, in my opinion. Initially, I didn’t actually find myself interested with the concept. It sounded dry. Despite my…

Creative Twine for Week 2

Hi All- I’ve been creative! I created a Twine using Kamau Brathwaite’s Middle Passages poem “The Sahell of Donatello”  – I created it after our discussion today in hopes of finding another way to slow down and experience the text with some intertexutal elements. I can’t seem to publish it on here so will post a…

Week 2, Day 1: Language as Detritus

Perlof explains that Kenneth Goldsmith discovers reporting on the “’truth’…may be the biggest ‘fiction’ of all” and I agree this is similar to the way nonfiction writers take “creative leniency” when dealing with various elements of a work. For example, like Goldsmith, it is difficult to pinpoint everything precisely and meticulously the way an interviewer…

Day 3: J. R. Carpenter Musings… Entre Ville

Entre Ville: According to the eLit website, at the core of Carpenter’s Entre Ville is the relationship within her city,  “‘an intimacy born of proximity.’” She claims poetry can be found within the city’s fences, avenues, and homes, and that there is a language within her city that is beyond the spoken word but encompasses all…

Day 1 Response: Improvisatore Antin

Response to: David Antin. What Am I Doing Here. How Wide is the frame? I believe understanding both the medium and mode in reviewing Antin’s work is vital here, and the initial exposure made me think of two things. First, improvisation, known to be a sign of great talent and intellect in Italy throughout the Renaissance, is…