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In Defense of Performance Poetry

October 27, 2014October 7, 20151 Comment

Last week I posted about how an inspiration chooses its medium: how a creative spark gets funneled into one genre or another. Today I will discuss how performance poetry is defined then offer some counterarguments to a culture that often deems it less worthy than published work. How is performance poetry distinguished from page poetry? As … Continue reading In Defense of Performance Poetry

How an inspiration chooses its medium

October 20, 2014October 7, 20155 Comments

As I begin writing creatively again after a dry spell, I’ve been thinking a lot about how one creative spark, one subject, chooses which medium to be communicated in. By this I mean: when I start writing, when and how do I know in which format the piece will emerge? Will it be best conveyed through a “page” … Continue reading How an inspiration chooses its medium

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