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Queer Optimism & Affective Poetry

with Wendy Lee, Michael Snediker, Brian Teare & Dara Wier

Apr 2, 2011 | 2:00 pm

Queer Optimism book cover

Prominent poets and scholars investigate—and redefine—optimism as a creative alternative to long-held themes of melancholy, shame and the death drive in writing and interpreting poetry, particularly in the work of gay poets.

Admission $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Location Kray Hall Sponsored By Poets House

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Date:
Apr 2, 2011
Time:
2:00 pm