The Poet's Novel as a Form of Defiance

<p>Is there such a thing as a 'poet's novel' a text which uniquely traverses boundaries between genres? Why do poets turn to prose? If such a form does exist how is it characterized? <em>The Poet's Novel</em> a talk by Laynie Browne presented with drawings by Noah Saterstrom<em> </em>examines this erratic hybrid and often elusive form. Writers discussed include Virginia Woolf Marcel Proust and Lydia Davis among others. Poet and novelist Laynie Browne is the editor of a forthcoming collection of essays <em>A Forest on Many Stems: Essays on the Poet's Novel</em>.</p>