2011 CFP: Creative Writing
No CFPs are cross-listed in the Creative Writing area.
- Experiments in Hybrid Essay (Creative)
- Hybrid essay questions scholarly writing as a successful means of expressing new thought and serves as a form of activism in academia to address questions of access to education, cultural context, class, race, gender, and who is interested in these conversations. This panel calls for hybrid-genre papers on any subject that mix academic and literary language. Essays can experiment in critical analysis, storytelling, lyrical prose, performative text, theory and pop philosophy. Send abstract and a brief bio <sarah.b.burghauser@gmail.com>
- Poetry and the Academy (Roundtable)
- Many poets trained as literary critics before embarking on careers at universities, where they produce primarily creative work. This session explores the ways in which critical and scholarly discourses inform the writing of poetry. Panelists might read from (and comment on) their own poetry influenced by traditional research methods or theoretical paradigms. Alternatively, they might examine contemporary scholar-artists such as J.D. McClatchy and Gerald Locklin. Please send 250-word abstracts or three original, sample poems to njs16@psu.edu.
- Quotation and Originality (Creative)
- In 1868, Emerson asked, ‘Is all literature eavesdropping?’ The recent upsurge in plagiarism charges returns writers to this debate, challenging notions of authenticity, originality, and ownership.This MLS session asks panelists to share their own ‘eavesdropping,’ explaining how such quotation informed a particular work of poetry or prose and investigating the ethical and artistic implications when writers mix and borrow. Send abstract with a 250-word excerpt of original poetry or prose, and a brief bio to Catherine Zobal Dent, dent@susqu.edu.
