What Sparks Poetry:
Nik De Dominic on Teaching Poetry inside Prisons
"I ask students to define a community they’re members of and to list all the language that’s particular to that community and then write litanies, long poetic lists. Students often draw from previous lives. Jobs. Or from the prison itself. The prison then becomes an object of study, the student’s place within it, and through this study, the prison is a site for critique. This is not to say that students aren’t already critiquing prison; it’s that now that critique has value in this space, the classroom." |
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First Winners of the Albertine Translation Prize
Heather Green and Jonathan Adjemain have each won the inaugural Albertine Translation Prize, an award of $5000, plus grants to support U.S. publication. “Together with the authors and publishers, [these translators] have created works of literature that communicate across cultures, each weaving a tapestry of timely questions and poetic insight that open up new perspectives for readers in France, in the US, and around the world.”
via LITHUB |
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