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Poets on Film: The Drunkest Poet in the World
An almost-biopic about one of the literary world's grittiest characters leans into poetic stereotypes we've left behind... or have we?
May 5
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Caitlin Cowan
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Poets on Film: The Color of Pomegranates Is a Poet Biopic That Isn't a Biopic
Sergei Parajanov's 1969 masterpiece is one of the most unconventional depictions of a poet's life ever put to celluloid, but the question of whether or…
Apr 26, 2023
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Caitlin Cowan
Poets on Film: The Laureate's Literary Throuple & the Question of Poetic Biography
It's steamy. But the historical figures portrayed in this film wanted nothing to do with poetic biography at all.
Mar 1, 2023
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Caitlin Cowan
Poets on Film: A Black & White Biopic That Feels Like a Visual Poem
The 2013 drama Papusza tells the story of the so-called "first Romani poetess" and succeeds in elevating the personhood, if not the creative work, of…
May 4, 2022
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Caitlin Cowan
Poets on Film: Why Bright Star, Jane Campion's John Keats Biopic, Is So Damn Good
Jane Campion + Andrew Motion + Romantic Poetry = Glory
Feb 23, 2022
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Caitlin Cowan
Poets on Film: 5 Signs You Might Be a Beat Poet Trapped in a Biopic
Would you rather be reading Yeats and smoking cigarettes than going to class? You might be a genius, or you might be trapped in the sexy, stylish, and…
Nov 9, 2021
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Caitlin Cowan
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Poets on Film: Sylvia (2003), or Sylvia Plath Deserved Better
Specifically, she deserved a better partner, better mental health care, and a much better biopic.
Aug 24, 2021
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Caitlin Cowan
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Poets on Film: The Basketball Diaries Creates One of the Most Successful Conflations of All Time
Sex, Drugs, Basketball, Jim Carroll, Poetry, and Me
Jul 2, 2021
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Caitlin Cowan
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