Choose either (or both), 1.  "Languages of description may need to change under pressure of new angles of inquiry into how complex interrelationships make sense. (And vice versa as well.)" Comment on this sentence of "What is Experimental Poetry & Why do We Need It?" by Joan Retallack, in light of either Claudia Rankine's or Evelyn Reilly's poems 1. Listen to the beginning of this video where Evelyn Reilly reads from  Styrofoam . In what ways does Evelyn Reilly's online performance - or, aleternatively, Claudia Rankine's "situation videos" (see previous post) - help you understand these poems better?

 The objective of this final project is to write/prepare a paper that can be presented at a real conference, whether or not you actually submit it. The limit for MA students is 3000 words max , excluding bibliography (this is also the max. for a 20 min. paper). I have been browsing through upcoming conferences related to our topics, but you can also suggest another one that you may find interesting (not necessarily with an explicit ecopoetic angle, but where you might fit in some of our seminar contents, and also perhaps combine them with your upcoming dissertation plan). One good place to start would be the Associação de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses, thought their upcoming conference is not yet announced (I hope it will be in a few days, they have other good conference tips though): https://apeaa.pt/ Some Eco-humanities-conferences going on: - Narratives of Water:  https://environmentalhumanitieslarca.wordpress.com/2023/11/09/cfp-narratives-of-water-flows-routes-crises-in-...