A manifesto of sorts / Academia / Academic inquiries / aesthetic theory / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Composition / contemporary poetry / creative writing pedagogy / criticism / edumacation / False Dichotomies / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / MFA / mullings and ramblings / pedagogy / PhD / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / teaching / the poem factory / The power and the money / the three jobs / thought for the day / training / where are you going where have you been / writing life

The Lament, Part Three: Poetry and Academics

In which Emma talks a bit about poetry and academia and PhDs and MFAs and other acronyms and so forth. Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academic inquiries / aesthetic theory / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / AWP / AWP Denver / contemporary poetry / creative writing pedagogy / edumacation / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / Fine art versus pop art / Inquiries into academics / Language systems / mullings and ramblings / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Poetry Rock Stars / poetry superheroes / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / Shifting metaphors / Tangents that should be entires on their own / teaching / the poem factory / The power and the money / The Thoughts of a Poetry Fan Girl / the three jobs / Those Who Walk The Same Line / thought for the day / training / Twentieth Century Poetry / where are you going where have you been / writing life

The Lament, Part Two: The Camps Described

In which Emma discusses how poets have been “Othered” and have “Othered” themselves. Continue reading »