8 Memoirs by Poets that Flex the Untapped Potential of the Genre

The poet’s journey from writing verse to lyric essays to memoir is now a veritable pipeline, with more and more poets turning away from lines and stanzas to incorporate poetic techniques into prose. Poetry can often be rooted in memory already, using imagery and figurative language to explore the history of the self—or a “speaker” […] The post 8 Memoirs by Poets that Flex the Untapped Potential of the Genre appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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