By the way, speaking of texting, check out Sir Geoffrey's diatribe against
CA Duffy's claims about texting and poetry in his 4th Oxford Lecture:

http://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/kebl/general/2011-11-30_geoffrey_hill_poetry
.mp3



On 1/31/12 1:44 PM, "Schloss, David Mr." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>WE might add James Tate, his later story poems.
>
>DS
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>From: Miami University Creative Writing Faculty
>[[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tuma, Keith W.
>[[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:47 PM
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>Subject: Re: short form (very very early draft for some kind of flier)
>
>This is a great start, actually, and I don't think it needs a whole lot
>more for now except maybe a few details in re special guests (L Davis et
>al) if we can get those together in time or, if not, maybe a few names of
>working writers whose work might be the subject of talks or panels.
>Perhaps mentioning the follow-up book tentatively planned would be a good
>idea, and then of course details in re who to write for more information
>and where to look for more details about all of this later (MU Press
>site, for one).  Then the dressing/framing.
>
>In haste as I have 40 projects today
>Keith
>
>From: "Cheek, Christopher F. Dr."
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>Reply-To: Miami University Creative Writing Faculty
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>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:17:15 -0500
>To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>Subject: short form (very very early draft for some kind of flier)
>
>We all know that prose can be poetic and poetry can be prosaic; but
>between seemingly unassailable monoliths of Fiction and Poetry, a common
>land of hybrid creative writing forms, less easy to classify, are
>proliferating and blooming. Such writing, often, but not always, takes
>short form.
>
>Traditions that might be identified within such a frame, including the
>prose poem; the fable; the anecdote; the pensée and the philosophical
>fragment, appear increasingly lively. Joined with sudden fiction, flash
>fictions, the creative non-fiction essay and monikers such as the short
>short perhaps a trend becomes apparent. Toss the popularity of digitally
>texted and tweeted narratives, the creative use of status updates, the
>billboard, the scrolling LED and art-neon into that brew and we think a
>field sufficiently energetic emerges that is ripe to be celebrated and
>discussed, perhaps even theorized and hotly contested.
>
>The Creative Writing cohort at Miami University, Ohio plans to host just
>such a celebration / symposium in the Fall of 2013. We expect to be
>inundated with proposals and suggestions as to how the emergence of short
>form, as a field of contemporary and historical creative writing
>practices, can begin to be mapped and taught.
>
>Please help us to do so by making a proposal of your own: proposals will
>be accepted until November 30th 2012.
>
>
>
>blah blah . okay i know my prose is impossibly crunchy
>
>
>just an early attempt at something bordering on a definition
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>please do feel encouraged to shred it and rescript it et cetera
>
>
>btw . . i wrote to Lydia Davis last weekend but have yet to hear back
>from her. Fingers crossed .
>
>
>looking forwards,
>
>
>cris