Teachin' Books
A podcast all about the ways people teach, learn, and work with literature -- aaaand all sorts of other cultural bits and bobs, like video games, theatrical performances, Dungeons and Dragons, and more! Host Jessica McDonald talks about teachin' books in undergraduate classrooms, and she interviews folks to learn more about what cool work is happening in other other teaching and learning contexts.
Teachin' Books
1.15 Robert Montgomery's Public Poetry Installations
On today's episode, I'm talking about the public poetry installations of London-based poet and artist Robert Montgomery.
I use Montgomery's work in my first-year undergrad poetry class to consider important dimensions of and questions brought up by public poetry, such as: how these poems blur the line between "art" and "the real world"; how materiality and physical position shapes meaning; where poetry belongs and who has access to it; what kind of art or poetry is "permitted" in public space; and more!
- See Robert Montgomery's website for a good sample of the public poetry installations he's done.
- Montgomery's poems in the order I discuss them in the episode: all palaces / on fire amidst greenery / poem amidst protest / the mountains must have / vehicle poem
- Listen to Episode 1.5 on Instapoetry for more on the poetry course I talk about in this episode, including the discussion board assignment I mention.
- Find out more about the Tonight It's Poetry series on their website and Facebook page.
- Check out Zoey Roy's YouTube page for examples of public poetry projects online, including her video "Be Well" from October 2020. You can also check out her Facebook page.
- The episode image is a screenshot from the video "Urban Poet Robert Montgomery" by Crane.tv.
The podcast music is by Dyalla Swain, whose work you can find here. The podcast graphics are by @muskrathands.
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**The transcript for this episode is available here.**
