Postmodern Experimental Poetry

This class has the following activities that will happen either in the trip to NYC (Feb 20-23) or through alternate assignments.

MoMa Exhibitions

On Friday, Feb. 21 we will visit the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and while we will explore the whole museum, we will pay special attention to the following exhibits and archives: On Week 7, our online class will be focused on a discussion on the relation between art and poetry focused on the MoMA exhibits and Frank O'Hara Papers.

Visual Language

While in NYC, Boone (or wherever you live or go) take photos of any visually interesting uses of language, whether it's on billboards, buildings, products, paintings, signs, graffiti, or any other form in the physical world. This includes our trip to (or website exploration of) the New York Public Library and Printed Matter in NYC and this exhibit. On Week 12, you will share and analyze some of this work in an assignment on Concrete Poetry.

Poetry in Performance

The NYC trip will feature two performances that will prompt you to think about how poetry and the poetic function of language is shaped by live performance for poetic or comedic effects.

WordHack

This performance will happen on Thursday, Feb. 20 from 7-10pm at Wonderville, in Brooklyn, NYC. If you can't attend in person, you can either watch the livestream, or explore the creative work from the featured artists (linked to in the WordHack event page). Here's the activity associated with this:
    • Asynchronous Online Class on Feb 21, 2025:
      • If you're in NYC, we will have a discussion about it at the Loft. No post necessary.
      • If not please post a 250-word discussion of how you see digital poetry by Constant Dullaart, Blake Andrews and Leonardo Flores expand the traditions of Modernism and Postmodernism.
      • Post in our forum before 1pm on Friday.
      • Respond to a classmate's post by Monday.

Stand Up Comedy Show

On Friday, Feb 21 those in the NYC Trip will go to the 9:00 pm show at the Broadway Comedy Club. Here's some information on the lineup, which will be featuring Harry Terjanian, Karen Bergreen, Talent Harris, Sureni Weerasekera, Alex Gorge.
    • If you're in NYC, we will be attending the show.
    • If you're not, see the links provided for each of the comedians (above) and check out their stand-up on YouTube (or elsewhere).
You will have an online class in which you will write about this on Week 9 or 10.

NYC Trip & Alternate Assignments

Research Paper or Creative Final Project

Short Essay: Poetics in Practice
Spring 2025

Week 1: Previously on American Poetry

2025-01-13

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Week 2: The Black Mountain School

2025-01-21

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Week 3: San Francisco, Beat, and Deep Image Poets

2025-01-27

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Weeks 4 & 5: Confessional and Post-Confessional Poetry

2025-02-03

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Week 6: New York School

2025-02-17

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Week 7: Language Poetry

2025-02-24

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Week 8: Black Arts Movement

2025-03-03

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Weeks 9 & 10: Poetry as Audio and Video Performances

2025-03-17

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Weeks 11 & 12: Sound, Concrete, and Digital Poetry

2025-03-31

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Weeks 13-14: E-Poetry

2025-04-14

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Week 15: Poetry Today

2025-04-28

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Spring 2023

Spring 2023 Course Promo

2022-10-12

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Week 1: Previously, on American Poetry

2023-01-18

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Week 2: Modernism and the Black Mountain Poets

2023-01-23

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Week 3: San Francisco and Beat Poets

2023-01-30

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Week 4: Confessional Poetry

2023-02-06

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Weeks 5 & 6: Post Confessional Poets

2023-02-13

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Week 7: Black Arts Movement

2023-02-27

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Week 8: New York Poets and L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Poets

2023-03-06

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Weeks 9 & 10: Recorded and Performance Poetry

2023-03-20

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Weeks 11-12: Poetry as Video, Visual, Sound Art

2023-04-03

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Weeks 13-14: Conceptual and Digital Poetry

2023-04-17

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Week 15: Poetry Today

2023-05-01

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Spring 2021

Week 1: Poetry before Postmodernism

2021-01-19

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Week 2: The Black Mountain Poets

2021-01-26

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Week 3: San Francisco Renaissance and Beat Poets

2021-02-02

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Week 4: Confessional Poetry

2021-02-09

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Weeks 5 & 6: Post-Confessional Poetry

2021-02-16

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Week 7: Black Arts Movement

2021-03-02

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Week 8: New York School and Language Poetry

2021-03-09

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Week 9: Recorded and Performance Poetry

2021-03-16

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Week 10: Multimodal Poetry

2021-03-23

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Week 11: Videopoetry

2021-03-30

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Week 12: Concrete Poetry

2021-04-06

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Week 13: Sound and Conceptual Poetry

2021-04-11

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Week 14: E-Poetry

2021-04-20

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Week 15: Digital Poetry

2021-04-27

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