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Through close readings, it treats “poetry” as a mode of thinking and being rather than only a genre. Diane di Prima’s Loba anchors a chapter on “open field” poetics, while subsequent chapters extend poetic “opening” to care across academic and online discourse, collective protest, and popular music, supported by original Interludes.","Toward a Different Way of Knowing/Being/Speaking: Poetic Openings and Feminist Praxis in Contemporary Works  \nby  \nJessica Covil-Manset  \nDepartment of English  \nDuke University  \nDate:    \nApproved:  \nJoseph Winters  \nDissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of English in the Graduate School of Duke University  \n2022  \nABSTRACT  \nToward a Different Way of Knowing/Being/Speaking: Poetics Openings and Feminist Praxis in Contemporary Works  \nby  \nJessica Covil-Manset  \nDepartment of English  \nDuke University  \nDate:    \nApproved:  \nJoseph Winters  \nAn abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of English in the Graduate School of Duke University  \n2022  \nCopyright by Jessica Covil-Manset 2022  \nAbstract  \nThis dissertation looks at feminist and antiracist interventions in contemporary literature and culture and the ways in which poetry and the concept of poiesis can betaken up to imagine more equitable political praxis. My first chapter offers a sustained close reading of Diane di Prima’s Loba andits mythical, feminist intervention within“open field” poetry, a movement associated with the Black Mountain poets. The remainder of the dissertation extends my analysis of poetic “opening” into other contexts, advocating for newly imagined forms of care in the worlds of poetry, academic and online discourses, collective protest movements, and popular music. My project examines “poetry” not just as a particular genre or medium, but as a mode of thinking and being in the world. I turn to poetry for the tools it has the capacity to give us: the ability to read closely and carefully; the understanding that “meaning” can be layered, subjective, and even contradictory; the desire to inwardly reflect and reach outside of ourselves, simultaneously; a call to witness. Poetry offers a way of writing, but also away of reading, interpreting, and responding. In this spirit, I include “Interludes” that offer pauses, spaces for reflection, and bridges between the major contexts and concepts of different chapters; these Interludes, as well as my Introduction and Conclusion, each contain an original poem and encourage the interrelationship between scholarly and creative modes of writing.  \nDedication  \nTo my husband, Michael Manset,  \nand my sister, Brittany Montgomery—  \nmy very best friends.  \nThanks for making the path less rocky, and way more fun .  \nContents  \nAbstract...................................................................................................................... iv  \nDedication ................................................................................................................... v  \nAcknowledgements .................................................................................................... ix  \nIntroduction................................................................................................................. 1  \nCento ..................................................................................................................... 1  \nWhy Poetry............................................................................................................ 7  \nOutline of Chapters ................................................................................................ 9  \nChapter 1: Woman and/as Myth in Loba: di Prima’s“Open Field” as Poetic Process and Feminist Praxis ...........................................................................................................16  \nA Road Map..........................................................................................................17  \nReading Loba as a Feminist Open Field..................................................................19  \nThe “Dance” Between the Whole and Its Parts .......................................................27  \nEmbracing ","cbCaiiii5F2m8fIA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiii5F2m8fIA","pdf",1486770,1,268,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Why Poetry\n## Outline of Chapters\n# Chapter 1: Woman and/as Myth in Loba: di Prima’s “Open Field” as Poetic Process and Feminist Praxis\n## A Road Map\n## Reading Loba as a Feminist Open Field\n## Interlude\n# Chapter 2: Taking “Care” Seriously: Racial Trauma, Pained Bodies, and the Responsibilities of Poetry\n## A Case Study\n## Care and the Body\n## Interlude","[{\"question\":\"What central argument does the dissertation make about poetry and poiesis?\",\"answer\":\"Poetry and poiesis can be taken up to imagine more equitable political praxis, treating “poetry” as a mode of thinking and being in the world rather than only a genre.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Chapter 1 use Diane di Prima’s Loba?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter 1 offers a sustained close reading of Loba, focusing on its mythical feminist intervention within “open field” poetry and exploring how that process shapes feminist praxis.\"},{\"question\":\"What contexts does the dissertation extend poetic “opening” into?\",\"answer\":\"It extends poetic “opening” into worlds of poetry, academic and online discourses, collective protest movements, and popular music, emphasizing newly imagined forms of care.\"}]","Toward a Different Way of Knowing/Being/Speaking - 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