CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE: with Deborah Meadows

Deborah Meadows leads a group thinking-and-reading-through of a poem by Rosmarie Waldrop followed by a short reading of her own work.
About this Event

This free, participatory event (taking place via Zoom) features Deborah Meadows, one of our favorite poets, leading an intimate, virtual group thinking-and-reading-through of "Conversation 23: On Cause" by Rosmarie Waldrop. Neither explicitly teaching nor explaining, our special guest poet will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore this featured poem as a group.

Whether already well-versed in the “close reading” of poems or having never been quite sure you've been "getting it," CLOSE READINGS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE provides a digital gathering for taking a refreshing deep dive into poetry.

Actively participate or simply listen and learn!

The event will last about an hour and conclude with a brief reading of poetry by our special guest poet.

Deborah Meadows has a new book of poetry: Bumblebees (Roof Books, 2024) and her other works include: Neo-bedrooms (Shearsman), Lecture Notes, a duration poem in twelve parts (BlazeVOX [books]), The Demotion of Pluto: Poems and Plays (BlazeVOX [books]), Three Plays (BlazeVOX [books]), Translation, the bass accompaniment: Selected Poems (Shearsman Books), Saccade Patterns (BlazeVOX [books]), How, the means (Mindmade Books), Depleted Burden Down (Factory School), Goodbye Tissues (Shearsman Press, UK), involutia (Shearsman Press, UK), The Draped Universe (Belladonna* Books), Thin Gloves (Green Integer), Growing Still (Tinfish Press), Representing Absence (Green Integer), Itinerant Men (Krupskaya Press),“The 60’s and 70’s: from The Theory of Subjectivity in Moby-Dick” (Tinfish Press). She is an Emerita faculty member at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, lives with her husband in Los Angeles’ Arts District/Little Tokyo.

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Toward opening new possibilities for discovery, thought, connection, and joy, The Flow Chart Foundation explores poetry and the interrelationships of various art forms as guided by the legacy of gay American poet John Ashbery and promotes engagement with his work.