| Course Title: Advanced Seminar: 'Poetry and Image: Formations of Identity' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: With an emphasis on producing creative texts, the course will examine the parallel and often overlapping impulses of poetry and image-making (photography, painting, and other visual arts). We will explore concepts of identity through the work of artists such as Alice Neel, Mikalene Thomas, Claude Cahun, Cindy Sherman, Kehinde Wiley, Glenn Ligon, Catherine Opie, Kara Walker, Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier, and Nan Goldin. Writers will include Ocean Vuong, Danez Smith, Sherwin Bitsui, Robert Seydel, Ari Banias, Safia Elhillo, Gloria Anzalda, Morgan Parker, Layli Longsoldier, Judy Grahn, Audre Lorde, Ronaldo Wilson, Shane McCrae, Adrienne Rich, David Wojnarowisz, Eileen Myles, and others. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Samuel Ace | sace@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Seminar | Tuesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 217 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: A 200-level creative writing course. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-361PM-01 Poetry&Image: Form. of Ident. |
| GNDST-333PM-01 Poetry&Image: Form. of Ident. |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 15 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The War of the Foxes Author: Siken, Richard Copyright: 2015 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781556594779 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press |
Required | 17.00 |
| Title: Ghost of Author: Nguyen, Diana Khoi Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781632430526 Publisher: Omnidawn |
Required | 17.95 |
| Title: Frail Sister Author: Green, Karen Copyright: 2015 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781938221194 Publisher: Siglio |
Required | 26.60 |
| Title: Silent Anatomies Author: Ong, Monica Copyright: 2015 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781888553697 Publisher: Kore Press |
Required | 19.95 |
| Title: Voyage of the Sable Venus Author: Lewis, Robin Coste Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781101911204 Publisher: Knopf |
Required | 13.39 |
| Title: Citizen Author: Rankine, Claudia Copyright: 2014 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1555976905 Publisher: Graywolf Press |
Required | 13.90 |
| Title: Calling a Wolf a Wolf Author: Akbar, Kaveh Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781938584671 Publisher: Alice James Books |
Optional | 11.56 |
| Title: Soft Science Author: Choi, Franny Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781938584992 Publisher: Alice James Books |
Optional | 16.95 |
| Title: Letters to the Future: Black Women/Radical Writing Author: Hunt, Erica + Dawn Lundy Martin Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781888553857 Publisher: Kore |
Optional | 40.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey |