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On Place [1]

Poetry [2]
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In Rachel Mannheimer’s debut book, Earth Room [3] (Changes Press, 2022), the book-length narrative takes the reader to places such as Los Angeles, Berlin, the Hudson Valley, and Mars. Some of the settings are used in a straightforward and narrative way, but others act as a sort of emotional backdrop against which intimate relationships and observations on sculpture, performance art, and land art can be examined. Inspired by Mannheimer’s original use of place, write a poem titled after a city. Try to challenge yourself by exploring the emotional and psychological undertones you associate with that place.


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/on_place [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/poetry [3] https://www.pw.org/content/the_beauty_of_being_our_eighteenth_annual_look_at_debut_poets?article_page=5