"Poets, Punks and Pioneers" Behind-the-Scenes Tour

All members of the Department of English are invited to a "behind-the-scenes" tour of The Ohio State Library's current exhibition Poets, Punks and Pioneers: Self-Publishing in American Literature. 

 

Poets, Punks and Pioneers highlights the untold stories of writers who dared to publish their own work and what they risked to do so. Walt Whitman pushed boundaries and changed readers’ ideas about what poetry could be in the nineteenth century. Early African American writers faced numerous challenges getting their work into print, yet still told their stories. Experimental poets in the twentieth-century created their own magazines and small presses after their work was excluded from established literary journals. Zine makers in the 1980s had no interest in participating in mainstream media. Twenty-first century authors have embraced electronic publishing.

 

While no RSVP is necessary, all who know they are able to attend exhibit should feel free to contact Associate Professor Alan Farmer to give exhibit curators a rough estimate for attendance.