Greater Than the Parts: On Sequencing, Grouping, and Collecting Poems

Poems gathered together have a cumulative effect, and, as the saying goes, the sum is greater than the parts. In this talk and workshop, we will consider the issues involved in selecting and sequencing poems for a series or collection. We also may consider how a longer sustained poem can be written in sections.

This is an OnDemand webinar. 

Instructor:

A faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Joseph Mills holds the Susan Burress Wall Distinguished Professorship in the Humanities. He has published seven volumes of poetry, most recently Bodies in Motion: Poems About Dance. His collection This Miraculous Turning was awarded the North Carolina Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry for its exploration of race and family. In 2019, he published his debut collection of fiction, Bleachers, which consists of fifty-four linked pieces that take place during a youth soccer game. He also has edited the collection of film criticism A Century of the Marx Brothers, and with his wife, Danielle Tarmey, he researched and wrote two editions of A Guide to North Carolina’s Wineries. More information about his work is available at www.josephrobertmills.com.