POETREE

For our next multi-Hosted week we will use Dana Gioia's 1992 essay Can Poetry Matter? as a touchstone for exploring big questions about what significance poetry currently has today and what it can offer in a world of rapid social and technological change. Twenty years later, do Gioia's observations hold true for poetry in the United States? What about other countries, other traditions?

Ideally we would like to have one post a day from Monday, Feb. 25th through Saturday, Mar. 2nd. Though this round's theme lends itself to essays, Hosts are also welcome to post in other (or multiple) formats such as original poetry or dialogues. As a general courtesy, please remember to include transcripts for any audio or video, and English translations for spoken or written quotations in other languages.

If you would like to participate, please comment on this post with your preferred day to Host and roughly what you think you'll focus on. Assignment of days will be on a first come, first served basis; this post will be edited as slots fill up to show which days are still available. Participation is not limited to current comm members or even Dreamwidth members - please contact the admins at poetree.at.dreamwidth [at] gmail if you will need someone to post on your behalf. More than one person can collaborate on a particular post if some wish to sign up as a group.

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