Since antiquity, poetry has been at the heart of our interaction, expression, and creativity. And now more than ever, poetry is the ideal discipline for developing the perspective and patience for making order out of difficulty and chaos. Both scientific study and anecdotal evidence suggests that poetry helps us understand others with greater empathy, and enhances our self-awareness and qualitative and creative judgement skills. Even outside of the academe, in business settings, studies show that poetry drives readers to generate nearly twice as many solutions as compared to traditional problem-solving approaches. Our workshop, "How Poetry Can Help You Re-Envision What You Think You Know," will allow participants to think more comfortably about uncertainty and ambiguity, and how to become a better observer and analyzer not only of poems but of all kinds of texts, from advertisements and news articles to children's stories and law briefs. The workshop will include host-led discussions with participants, who will receive a pdf with strategies for reading and analyzing poems and other texts. This workshop is targeted at educators as well as scholar both within and outside of literary arts.

Authors:
Mark Yakich, Loyola University New Orleans, United States
Loren Goodman, Yonsei University, South Korea

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Mark Yakich is the Gregory F. Curtin, S.J. Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, where he is Director of the Center for Editing and Publishing.

Dr. Loren Goodman is a Professor of Creative Writing and English Literature at Yonsei University / Underwood International College in Seoul, South Korea, where he serves as Creative Writing Director.

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