NEWS: Scroll down to see the image for THE SWITCHEROO! This year, we invite writers to respond to a sculpture by Janice Redman. April 10, 2020 Deadline.
Collaborators’ Q&A: Poet Kathleen Winter: Sarah’s shaping of glitter into chemical formations is clever and perfect. I’m delighted she included a handgun and a lipstick, elements from the poem. What surprised and thrilled me even more was her inclusion of a flag, not mentioned in the poem. Artist Sarah Van Sanden: I love how this poem moves so smoothly between the promise of science and capitalism and the scourge of corruption and the environmental crisis with obliqueness and wry humor. It’s slick and silly at the same time.
Poet Kathleen Winter is the author of Transformer, forthcoming in 2020 from The Word Works Press, as well as two other collections. Artist Sarah Van Sanden lives in Seattle, where she takes every opportunity to relish in urban nature.
BROADSIDED PRESS ANNUAL SWITCHEROO WANTED: Ekphrastic Responses to artist Janice Redman’s “Ouroboros.” DEADLINE: April 10, 2020 Broadsided Press is seeking submissions of poetry and short prose that respond to “Ouroboros ” a sculpture piece by Broadsided artist Janice Redman. The winning…
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