US Experimental Poetry: A Social Turn?
Keywords:
American poetry, experimental poetry, conceptual writing, flarf, new visual poetry, emo poetryAbstract
Four trends in recent US experimentally oriented poetry (conceptualist writing, flarf, new visual poetries, and writing that foregrounds and experiments with affect) are discussed as representatives of a “social turn” distinct from the “linguistic turn” often identified with experimental poetries.References
Benson, Steve, et al. “Aesthetic Tendency and the Politics of Poetry.” Web 10 April 2014. http://thegrandpiano.org/aesthetictendency.pdf.
Berlant, Lauren. Cruel Optimism. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011.
Degentesh, Katie. The Anger Scale. New York: Combo Books, 2006.
Goldsmith, Kenneth. “Against Expression: Kenneth Goldsmith in Conversation.” Web 10 April 2014. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/22407.
− − −. Traffic. Los Angeles: Make Now, 2007.
− − −. Soliloquy. New York: Granary Books, 2001.
Melgard, Holly. Black Friday. Buffalo, NY: Troll Thread, 2012.
Place, Vanessa. “Afterword.” I’ll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women. Eds. Caroline Bergvall, Laynie Browne, Theresa Carmody and Vanessa Place. Los Angeles: Les Figues, 2012.
− − −. Boycott. New York: Ugly Duckling, 2013.
Rubinstein, Lev. Complete Catalogue of Comedic Novelties. Trans. Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky. New York: Ugly Duckling, 2014.
Kirschenbaum, Matthew G. “Done: Finishing Projects in the Digital Humanities.” Digital Humanities Quarterly 3.2 (2009). Web 24 September 2009. http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/.
Shirinyan, Ara. “Your Country Is Great.” Triple Canopy (June 18 2008). Web 10 April 2014. http://canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/your_country_is_great.
Ward, Dana. This Can’t Be Life. Washington, DC: Edge Books, 2012.
