Questions of Practice: Emily Abendroth on Integrity and Discomfort
Discomfort is a sign that one is working with integrity, says poet Emily Abendroth, a 2013 Pew Fellow, in this Questions of Practice video.
Questions of Practice: Jenn McCreary on Finding Form
Finding a "form to contain [the mess]" is one way that 2013 Pew Fellow Jenn McCreary describes her motivation for writing poetry. An avid note-taker, she tasks herself to find forms for disparate ideas.
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Frank Sherlock on Giving Voice
We asked Philadelphia Poet Laureate and 2013 Pew Fellow Frank Sherlock what it's like to speak on behalf of others.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with J.C. Todd
We spoke to poet J.C. Todd, whose current work-in-progress is a collection of sonnets that “complicates and contemporizes the tradition of war poems.”
On Performance Spaces and the Benefits of Failure
Kristy Edmunds and Limor Tomer discuss issues of curating performance across disciplines and platforms.
Questions of Practice: Lê Thi Diem Thúy
Lê Thi Diem Thúy is a poet, novelist, and performer who speaks eloquently on the intangibles of the artistic process. When she was at the Center recently, we asked her, "How does an artist's approach to working evolve over time?"
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Ted Passon
We spoke to filmmaker and Emmy-nominated director Ted Passon, whose work explores human relationships and how they shape our world.
Embodying History: Conversation and Reflections
Bissell, the Center's Performance director, and Adair, director of Exhibitions & Public Interpretation, discuss the origins and learnings of a Center interdisciplinary research project between dancers and historians that explored alternative ways of interpreting historic sites. Participants in the project reflect on its outcomes and implications.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Travis Macdonald
In this week's Fellows Friday Q&A, we speak to poet Travis Macdonald, who questions authorship with written works that are lively and whimsical without being frivolous, and which offer critique and reflection of the contemporary moment.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Laynie Browne
We spoke to Laynie Browne, a three-time recipient of the Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative American Poetry.