Category Archives: Reading as writers
A map of genres (with examples)
From Mentalfloss, a plotting of genres.
Using other forms to house narratives
From our text, Josh Russell seems to use a museum catalogue to shape his story “Yellow Jack.” Rick Moody’s “Primary Sources” uses footnotes and a works cited page for a personal essay. J.G. Ballard’s “The Index” characterizes in unusual ways. How … Continue reading
Prose poems and workshopping
Here are some examples of prose poems. These are some poems for workshopping and here are some more. These are the first fiction fragments we’ll workshop. These are the second. Here are a third and fourth for our consideration. Remember, you need to … Continue reading
Sonnets
See the variations in form here, from the Oxford Book of Sonnets, and this couplet sonnet, “The Insusceptibles” by Adrienne Rich. Then the long sunlight lying on the sea Fell, folded gold on gold; and slowly we Took up our … Continue reading
Couplets and focus
Consider how the lines of this poem focus/control the reader’s attention/experience. At what rate does information arrive? Why? How do the lines end? How is enjambment used? When is it used? What gives the poem closure? What work does the … Continue reading
Football haiku and editorializing
These football haiku may be dated, but here they are. Here are some examples of excessive editorializing. Remember, “The artist seeks out the luminous detail and presents it. He does not comment.” –Ezra Pound
Shakespeare and Lebowski
Little know fact: Shakespeare wrote “The Big Lebowski”: http://runleiarun.com/lebowski/.
