Writing the Blur
The author of Mistaken for an Empire: A Memoir in Tongues considers how archival photography can provide a rich source for literary and sociopolitical inquiry.
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Ten Questions for John Elizabeth Stintzi
“Write what you do not know, which I think is particularly helpful because—not to sound too much like Socrates—I’m not really convinced that anyone knows anything.” —John Elizabeth Stintzi, author of Vanishing Monuments
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Craft Capsule: Catalogues, Cetaceans, and Casey Kasem
The author of The Prettiest Star explores a variety of archives to help him capture the specific spirit and look of the eighties.
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The Written Image: Bernadette Mayer’s Memory
Siglio Press has released a book on poet Bernadette Mayer’s project Memory, in which she wrote and took photos every day during July 1971, creating a lyrical testament to a moment in a life, intimately conjured yet still inevitably out of reach.
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Where Poetry Meets Journalism
Poet and journalist Alissa Quart is bringing documentary poetry to major media outlets.
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Body Language
A photographer explores the process of creating visual narratives in Children of Grass, an expansive three-year poetry portraiture project for which he asked poets to pose for a concept based on a poem by each subject.
The Written Image: Cara Barer
A Houston artist turns outdated manuals, phone books, and encyclopedias into visually striking sculptures.
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