Poetry for the Stage, Drama for the Page

The sometimes ambiguous, liminal space between poetry and theatre writing can be a remarkably generative space from which to create. Though, historically, these genres have not been entirely distinct, they […]

Good Actors: A One-Woman Play

Good Actors is a one-woman performance of the poet Sommer Browning’s third poetry collection, Good Actors (Birds, LLC; 2022). It is funny, moving, irreverent, sexy, and funny (again). It explores […]

Using Elements of Poetry to Improve Your Prose

In this workshop with author Deborah Jackson Taffa, we’ll discuss how prose narratives can benefit from poetic techniques, how expanding the use of poetic principles—from metaphor to repetition, space, juxtaposition, […]