Stress Fractures: Essays on Poetry

Where can the poem go in the age of the supercomputer?

What do Wordsworth, Byron and British rapper Roots Manuva have in common? Would Emily Dickinson have preferred Facebook or Twitter? Does the future look... Oulipian? Is slam poetry any good, and what is "post-avant" anyway?

These are just some of the questions posed in Stress Fractures, a new and wide-ranging collection of essays on the future of poetry.



Contents

Introduction Tom Chivers
The Architecture of Fictional Rooms Luke Kennard
Post-Avant: A Meta-Narrative Adam Fieled
Emily Dickinson, Vampipire Slayer Sophie Mayer
Hejiniaian's Faustienne Beings-with Emily Critchley
These Terabytes I Have Tried to Shore Agaiainst Our Ruins Theodoros Chiotis
Every Rendition on a Broken Machine Ross Sutherland
Hidden Form: The Prose Poem in English Poetry David Caddy
Arranging Excursions to Disparate Worlds Simon Turner
Slam: A Poetic Dialogue Tim Clare
Roots Manuva's Romantic Soul David Barnes
Composing Speech Hannah Silva
Radio And... James Wilkes
Enjoying and Examining Poetry Alex Runchman
The Line Katy Evans-Bush