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A Play is a Poem Off-Broadway in 2021 - An eccentric look at life across America directed by Atlantic Artistic Director Neil Pepe.
"'Poem to Play' operates within what might be described as flash: not necessarily insight, but a moment of unexpected alternative, or alternation-a suddenly-something-else across your vision or ...
Poetry isn't as scary as you think. These 14 collections of poems tackle everything from grief and race to family and love.
If you think poetry is a lofty art form accessible only to the intellectual elite, think again. The Poetry Center wants to get ’em while they’re young. Saturday morning was this semester’s ...
The play is written by Ben Snyder, with original poetry by Felice Belle, and additional contributed poetry by well-known spoken word artists Akil Dasan, Marisa Vural, Kayo Charles, and Yolanda Kae ...
Bialostosky titled his book "How to Play A Poem," and he uses the verb “play” because, he says, we shouldn’t try interpreting poetry before we simply enjoy it.
Ethan Coen premieres 'A Poem Is a Play' at the Mark Taper Forum, a quintet of one-acts directed by longtime stage collaborator Neil Pepe and deploying the writer's characteristic wit and offbeat ...
Author Greg Pincus explains how patterns — the rhythm of stepping over cracks in the sidewalk or making coffee — can guide your writing.
"A Play Is a Poem," receiving its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, ultimately proves to be an exercise in artistic self-indulgence.
The poem (below) was written by Paddy McArdle in April after he had been to see the show, and while the letter also deals with the play, our resident graphologist is still deciphering its contents ...
Filmmaker Ethan Coen talks about 'A Play Is a Poem," his collection of one-acts premiering at the Mark Taper Forum before its off-Broadway run.