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Repeat After Me: Working with Repetition (Living Room, Tuesday 5.22.12 7P)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Splabman

From Anthony Warnke: As I’ve begun to read Gertrude Stein in depth for the first time and reflect on some of my own favorite poetry, I have become increasingly aware of the power of repetition. Sometimes, it seems, the right … Continue reading →

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Living Room Tuesday, April 24 Text Corpse (7p)

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Splabman

Text Corpse Exquisite Corpse- a French Surrealist game in which a poem is passed around and participants add the lines with limited knowledge of what was previously written. Text message- brief communication between two mobile devices. We will be combining … Continue reading →

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Living Room January 17th: Body/Image

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Splabman

For Walt Whitman, body-consciousness seemed to propel the poet beyond anything as simple as “interest” in the physiological processes of the body in health. The 1855 versions of “Song of Myself,” “The Sleepers,” and “I Sing the Body Electric” take … Continue reading →

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Primal Sound (Living Room, Tuesday 11.8.11 @ 7P)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Splabman

  Tilla loola luula loola Tilla luula loola luula Tilla loola luula loola Tilla luula loola luula —from “Ursonate” by Kurt Schwitters One thing that seems to distinguish poems from prose is sound. I hope for us to consider the … Continue reading →

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