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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post I Had to Mention Ekphrasis Eventually in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 3 months ago
While the year is coming to a close, I couldn’t end the semester without saying something about ekphrasis, writing inspired by art. It has long been one of my favorite methods of writing. It allows […]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post Where We Write in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 3 months ago
Why do so many writers go to coffee houses to do their work? It’s become a bit of a trope, sitting there for a couple hours with a laptop, earbuds, and a long empty mug. I can easily answer my own question, b […]
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Rachel Britton commented on the post, Wholesome Penguin RandomHouse, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 4 months ago
I love this! It would be really lovely if there were a version that recommended contemporary poetry collections, too. 🙂
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Rachel Britton edited the blog post Seeking Poetic Signature in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 4 months ago
After a couple rounds of workshop, it’s easy to tell which poem belongs to its respective poet. Even without a name or initials being printed on the page. Sometimes the telling factor is a recurring theme in imagery, a topic, or tone. I’d say that, as a group of poets, we’ve gotten to know each other’s voices really well.
Maybe it’s a result of…[Read more]
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Rachel Britton commented on the post, On writing reviews, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 4 months ago
I think Francesca makes a really important point: adding our voices to the conversation matters. When a piece of literature speaks to you, can move you enough to feel the need to write about it, then I believe […]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post There’s a Poem in That in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 4 months ago
Picture a tea kettle. It’s boiling, but not yet whistling. Steam tumbling from the spout and fogging up the hood of the stove.
There’s a poem in that.
I’m laughing at myself, because it’s something […]
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Rachel Britton commented on the post, Holidays?, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 4 months ago
Hi Marley,
I completely relate to this post! I think that there is definite validity in writing a holiday poem, but because there are such singular images associated with holidays, they become expected when […] -
Rachel Britton edited the blog post Using Form As You Like It in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 5 months ago
My first literary love, I confess, was William Shakespeare. Although I smuggled the Harry Potter books out of my elementary school library, it was not until reading “Twelfth Night or As You Will” at the age of twelve that I fell for poetry. I swooned for syllables. Devoured the copy of the Completed Works of William Shakespeare my parents gave me…[Read more]
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Rachel Britton commented on the post, calling all right brains !, on the site The Contemporary Poem 6 years, 5 months ago
Thinking about the “big picture” is actually something I need to do more often. I guess that makes me left-brained? Most of the time, I start a poem because I have a phrase in my head that is nagging me to use it […]
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Rachel Britton edited the blog post Poetry in the Grass in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 5 months ago
For some time now, I’ve been mulling over genre. Perhaps it’s a result of the classes I’ve taken in college or the people I spend time with, but I’m starting to think the boundaries of genre are as real as the monster I thought lived in my mother’s closet until I was ten. Not that it’s a bad thing; maybe, though, the lines don’t always have t…[Read more]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post Lively Lines in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago
When I think of a line, I think of a moment. A snapshot. It is a space in which I linger while being pulled forward, as though a tour guide is leading me through a museum. But a painting catches my eye! I […]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post Biomythography: Fact and Fiction as Identity in the group Fact vs. Nonfiction: 6 years, 11 months ago
When you search “Biomythography” on internet search engines, the first result that comes up will say it is a term coined by Audre Lorde to describe her book Zami. There isn’t much variance in the subsequent resul […]
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Rachel Britton joined the group Fact vs. Nonfiction 7 years, 2 months ago
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post Morrison and Unlearning Women’s Bodies in the group American Studies: 7 years, 3 months ago
While discussing threads/patterns/images/etc. in Toni Morrison’s Paradise and Dante’s Paradiso this week, Emily brought up the idea of working to “unlearn.” Our group applied this to multiple facets of the society […]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post Revising the Paradisaical Fall in the group American Studies: 7 years, 3 months ago
In reading Linda Krumholz’s essay “Reading and Insight in Toni Morrison’s Paradise” on Wednesday, I was struck by her connection of the Ruby residents in Toni Morrison’s Paradise and the biblical Adam and Eve dur […]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post Predestination/Free Will: Both/And in the group American Studies: 7 years, 4 months ago
Recently, I ended up spiraling through a wormhole of BBC and National Geographic documentaries rather than relaxing with a good, reliable sitcom. The latest was a documentary series called “The Story of God,” hos […]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post Morrison: The Future of Time in the group American Studies: 7 years, 4 months ago
A couple of weeks ago, a friend who is taking a Morrison class at another university sent me a link to this Toni Morrison essay and insisted I read it. At the time, I was eager to do so simply because it was […]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post The Muses and Finding Wisdom in the group American Studies: 7 years, 4 months ago
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, specifically Paradiso, the reader joins the Pilgrim on a tour of heaven. At the beginning of this reading period in our class, Dr. McCoy alerted us to keep an eye out for the Muses. T […]
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Rachel Britton wrote a new blog post Shadows and Lights in the group American Studies: 7 years, 4 months ago
While reading the first nine Cantos of Dante’s Paradiso, I was reminded of shades/ombras/shadows by the contrasting lights.
When he spoke with us, Dr. Herzman referenced the biblical Paul’s letter to the Rom […]
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Rachel Britton edited the blog post The Language of Flowers in the group American Studies: 7 years, 5 months ago
During one class period this week, we talked about flowers. We noted that Rose Dear and Violet both have flower names; Dr. Beth pointed out the possibility of the presence of plant symbolism. I decided to take a further look into this.
Violets of different colors have different meanings:
Blue: Love, Faithfulness
White: Candor,…[Read more] - Load More