English 891M - Sem-Form &Theory of Poetry

We will discuss how occult and paranormal experiences and practices of poets in the past show us the way to trusting these same forces are also alive and at work for us today. Rumi, Hannah Weiner, Will Alexander, Hoa Nguyen, Alice Notley, and Ariana Reines are some of the poets whose work and practices we will investigate. We will examine how fusions of poetry and the occult are reestablishing themselves with new outcomes, like the Emily Dickinson tarot deck produced by Amherst publisher Factory Hollow Press.

This class is open to English graduate students only.