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Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses |
Issue number | Special Issue 40 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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Playful Seriousness and Serious Play : Poetry as creative practice in the international prose poetry project. / HOPE, Cathy; HETHERINGTON, Paul; TURNER, Bethaney.
In: TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses, No. Special Issue 40, 2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Playful Seriousness and Serious Play
T2 - Poetry as creative practice in the international prose poetry project
AU - HOPE, Cathy
AU - HETHERINGTON, Paul
AU - TURNER, Bethaney
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The International Poetry Studies Institute’s (IPSI) prose poetry project was started almost accidentally in late 2014. Since then it has become a site of highly productive creative play. At the time of writing, the prose poetry project consists of 21 members who have collectively written more than 1,500 prose poems. We will argue that it is an exemplary site for creative practice because it enables its members to generate new prose poetry enjoyably while asking very little of them except the production and sharing of their creative work. By identifying key elements of play that help stimulate creative practice in the prose poetry project—including the elements of sanctuary and ambiguity, and the interactions among these—we aim to demonstrate the significance of play for producing creative encounters with the world.
AB - The International Poetry Studies Institute’s (IPSI) prose poetry project was started almost accidentally in late 2014. Since then it has become a site of highly productive creative play. At the time of writing, the prose poetry project consists of 21 members who have collectively written more than 1,500 prose poems. We will argue that it is an exemplary site for creative practice because it enables its members to generate new prose poetry enjoyably while asking very little of them except the production and sharing of their creative work. By identifying key elements of play that help stimulate creative practice in the prose poetry project—including the elements of sanctuary and ambiguity, and the interactions among these—we aim to demonstrate the significance of play for producing creative encounters with the world.
M3 - Article
JO - Text
JF - Text
SN - 1327-9556
IS - Special Issue 40
ER -