Interdisciplinary Arts 0255 - Text + Image: The Visual in/and Poetry

Poetry thrives in the senses. In this class we'll explore-and try out-the many ways that poetry engages the visual, including: how it renders the world in description, how it imagines via poetic image, how it responds to visual art (in a mode called ekphrasis), and how it becomes an art object itself (the concrete). We'll look at the many ways that poets join their texts with visuals, including erasure and blackout poetry, comics poetry, broadsides, typography, alt text as poetry, and more. Notably, many of these modes which subvert and counter dominant poetics are employed by BIPOC poets to open up space for their experiences and voices. We'll follow their practice to consider how they disrupt poetic norms and create new forms Keywords:poetry, art, creative writing

Time and Narrative The content of this course deals with issues of race and power Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time BOOKS: Title:Silent Anatomies Author:Monica Ong ISBN:978-1-888553-69-7 Cost:$23.95