tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post4365539209072829729..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: "White Silences": The Lyric Theory Reader Panel @ ACLA 2014John Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-58870722414015722012014-04-17T08:24:59.945-07:002014-04-17T08:24:59.945-07:00I think Dorothy would be the first to admit that t...I think Dorothy would be the first to admit that there is much work to be done on race from within the field of poetics, and much to be done from within fields like African-American studies to connect cultural studies with formalist, or (historical) poetics approaches. I'd wager that about half of the work being done in historical poetics and historical prosody, especially on the american side of things, concerns race. I know Jackson is quite invested in the issue, and has expressed hope that future conferences in the U.S. can remedy the issue The reader could certainly have included Brent Edwards, Nathaniel Mackey, and several others, but "lyric theory" as a field (as opposed to "the study of poetry," which is different) just hasn't engaged the question of race sufficiently. It couldn't have included Dorothy's work, but a second edition down the road very well could and should. The Reader to some extent had to be a reflection of its field, even as an interventionist anthology. Thank you for the post, in any case! Ben Glaser, Yale U.GreenFusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590104549159921211noreply@blogger.com