What Sparks Poetry:
Petra Kuppers on Language as Form
"In the case of 'Split/Screen,' the magic structuring principle of 'fourteen' hovered in my brain. The sonnet is a device I often use, not necessarily as a formal frame but as a couplet structure to hold against my freewrite. This offers a scaffold toward something that can spread out on the page and take up space in the world." |
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"Vassar Exhibit Examines Life of Elizabeth Bishop"
"Bishop's poems and short stories would go on to win nearly every literary honor and prize in the United States, including a Pulitzer. That said, she wasn't a particularly prolific writer, publishing only a handful of books in her lifetime–and unlike some of her contemporaries, like Robert Lowell, Bishop didn't incorporate many intimate details from her life into her work. Patkus says that's part of why Bishop's correspondence is so important: it gives scholars a glimpse into her personal life."
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