August 25th-29th from 11am-1pm (Eastern).

“Style keeps things going and keeps them from falling apart,” proposes Jeff Dolven in Senses of Style. In what ways is style a form of continuing, and how is it a form of cohesion? We learn to identify style through its likenesses, its deviations, its artifices, its affinities, its provocations, its ironies, and its contradictions. What makes a style recognizable? Inimitable? Elusive? And what marks the contours of our own authorial imprint?

Together, we’ll probe the metrics and categories that might describe and constitute a poet’s style, and think through what style carries and implies, through careful acts of analysis and imitation. Over the course of the week, participants in the workshop will attempt to capture the gaits and gestures of contemporary poets of varying styles.