Who We Are
Poetry Friends Forever is anti-gatekeeping in all its forms. We strive to break down the division between the ivory towers of literary education and the rest of us. We stand against the antiquated, pretentious traditions of academia, uplifting working class poets and offering resources hard-to-find outside of the university.
Artists are often pandered to while being undervalued. Even within our own literary and writing communities, we’re asked to work for free; told to be grateful for inclusion; demeaned; told to fall in line with current power structures; etc.
Our teaching poet collaborative emerged in response to the false idea that we can only access quality education, writerly development, and collectivity through the institutions of old, if at all.
We asked: What if we formed a collective not based on serving a university’s or business’ goals, but helping each other? What if we were our own best resources as artists? What if we focused on identifying and implementing the most effective strategies for creative collaboration?
We’re ready to fuck around and find out.
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