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Writing, Serious Illness, and the Power of Witnessing
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg is the 2009-2013 Poet Laureate of Kansas, a long-time transformative language artist, and the author or editor of 24 books, including poetry, memoir, fiction, non-fiction, and anthologies. As a poet, fiction and non-fiction writer, teacher, mentor, and facilitator, she explores and celebrates how the spoken, written and sung word can help us live…
Comedy and the Deeper Truth
I’ve been thinking a lot about comedy this summer. We just launched a self-paced course called Writing Funny with the comedy writer Simon Taylor, and his presentation of comedy’s inner workings has made me reflect on my own experience of it. Comedy (I did standup, improv, and comedy writing when I was younger) has delivered…
How Poetry Can Shift Your Perspective
When you pay close attention to a poem, it invites you to radically rethink the way you see something. The craft tools poets have at their disposal help make this perspective-shifting possible. But how do poets accomplish this? In your own work, what can you do to transmit to the reader your own unique perspective?…