"Cutting Across Linearity": Poetics Workshop Jan. 21 to April 15
As poetry changes itself, it changes the poet’s life. Subversion attracted the two of them. By 1860 it was as impossible for Emily Dickinson simply to translate English poetic tradition as it was for Walt Whitman. In prose and in poetry she explored the implications of breaking the law just short of breaking off communication with a reader.
Reading in Portland, Oregon May 14th, 2011
Hoa Nguyen will read with Portland poet Jesse Morse on May 14 at the Switchyard Studios, 109 S.E. Salmon St. The free reading begins at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit theswitchpdx.blogspot.com.