Permission and Possibility

Jeannetta & Brittany discuss permission and possibility in Episode 2.

 

Questions

1. How do you steal while still being original?

2. Do you feel like you already have an inclination where you need to go, which form you need to use, do you experiment with different forms, or do you just start writing? What comes first?

3. How do you navigate when people say a poem is too abstract? My expectation is that a poem will always be somewhat abstract. Do you get what people are saying when they say it is?

4. How do you honor permission in your work? In what ways are you giving yourself permission? In what way are you noticing you are not? How do you address this in your writing?

 

Show Notes

Writers, books, articles, ideas and questions mentioned in this episode

• Jericho Brown “Duplex” from his book The Tradition. Also available on the Poetry Foundation website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/152729/duplex 
• Steal like an Artist by Austin Kleon: https://austinkleon.com/steal/
• Turns out this one was Hemingway…“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30849-all-you-have-to-do-is-write-one-true-sentence 
• Spike Lee, School Daze: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096054/ 
• Lidia Yuknavitch  and Corporeal Writing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pUjixyWI4