Documentary Poetry

Course Number: 
DOCST 279S.01 / 779S.01
Course Instructor: 
Jaki Shelton Green
Location: 
CDS, Bridges 007
Days and Times: 
Tu 12:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Investigates written and oral poetry as a mode of documentary storytelling. Engage with contemporary and historical poetry examining real-life, historical events. Investigate relationship between history, documentary, and poetry. Write poems based on research with multiple forms of archival source material and critical interpretation thereof.