Joshua Clover and Juliana Spahr are putting together what promises to be one of the best seminars of the summer. The seminar, focused on “social poetics” claims to be open to anyone who wants to attend, the cost based on yearly income.
From the mission statement:
“Our concerns in these six days begin with the assumption that poetry has a role to play in the larger political and intellectual sphere of contemporary culture, and that any poetry which subtracts itself from such engagements is no longer of interest. “Social poetics” is not a settled category, and does not necessarily refer to poetry espousing a social vision. It simply assumes that the basis of poetry is not personal expression or the truth of any given individual, but shared social struggle.”
I’m going to do everything I can to be there, but looking at my calendar it seems I’ll be moving out of my apartment during these dates: July 26-31, 2010. If you’re interested check out the Facebook group.
