Poetry. Drama. Latino/Latina Studies. Rodrigo Toscano's COLLAPSIBLE POETICS THEATER is a genre-expanding force to be reckoned with. From polyvocalic pieces for multiple readers to "body-movement poems" to "simultaneous activities pieces" to anti-masques and plays, these fourteen texts & scores constitute one of the most sustained studies of poetic thinking and action to come in a long time. The question Toscano poses is "can the poem be tested any further?"

Author City: BROOKLYN, NY USA

Rodrigo Toscano's latest books are DECK OF DEEDS (Counterpath Press, 2012) and COLLAPSIBLE POETICS THEATER (Fence Books, 2008). His poetry has appeared in Best American Poetry, and in McSweeny's "Poets Picking Poets." He was a 2005 recipient of a New York State Fellowship in Poetry. Toscano is also the artistic director and writer for the Collapsible Poetics Theater (CPT). Toscano has worked in labor politics and environmental justice movements for over fifteen years.

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