S208.

Writing Poetry/Writing History

111AB, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level
Saturday, March 26, 2022
3:20 pm to 4:35 pm

 

Temple University has been Philadelphia’s only full-time residential graduate creative writing program since 1985. This panel celebrates that history by presenting readings from five poetry alumni whose recently published works explore poetry as historiographic practice, covering topics such as surveillance capitalism, the settlement of North America, the Salem witchcraft crisis of 1692, anti-Asian violence since 9/11, and Black voices hidden in the archives.



Outline & Supplemental Documents

Event Outline: Event_Outline.pdf

Participants

Moderator:

Yolanda Wisher is the author of Monk Eats an Afro. A Cave Canem and Pew Fellow, she was the third poet laureate of Philadelphia and works as the curator of spoken word at Philadelphia Contemporary.

Divya Victor is the author of Curb and Kith. Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, and Czech. She is currently an associate professor of English at Michigan State University.

Emily Abendroth’s newest book, Sousveillance Pageant, coasts restlessly between fiction, poetry, and research essay. She is author of the poetry collection ]Exclosures[ and The Instead, a book-length collaborative conversation with fiction writer Miranda Mellis. 

Sarah Dowling is the author of three books of poetry: Security Posture, DOWN, and Entering Sappho, which was recently shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize. A literary critic as well as a poet, Sarah is also the author of Translingual Poetics: Writing Personhood under Settler Colonialism.

Pattie McCarthy is the author of seven books of poetry—most recently Wifthing—and over a dozen chapbooks. She was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts in 2011. In summer 2013, she was a resident at the Elizabeth Bishop House in Nova Scotia. She teaches at Temple University.

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