“the divine and intricate organism required by literature”
—Stéphane Mallarmé
The Organism for Poetic Research (OPR) is a critical-poetic platform for making and studying that moonlights as a small press. It’s projects manifest as readings, seminars, installations, books, digital residency projects on our website, and Pelt, a digital and print magazine. Current OPR directors are Louise Akers and Alliya Dagman.
The Organism for Poetic Research is co-founded by Ada Smailbegovic, Daniel C. Remein, and Rachael Guynn Wilson. Past directors include Andrew Gorin, Zane Koss, Anna Moser, Ada Smailbegovic, Rachael Guynn Wilson, and Tim Anderson. The OPR would like to thank the Department of English at New York University and the Department of English at Brown University for their generous support, with added thanks to Lytle Shaw, Una Chaudhuri, and Tomás Urayoán Noel for their involvement and contributions. Thanks to Shumeng Ye and Leah Beeferman for web development and design consultation; to Garth Swanson for photography from INDEX; to MC Hyland for her generous help and expertise with letterpress printing; and to all our contributors and readers.
On our website, you can explore our print and digital publications: opr editions, pelt, and web residencies; anindex is a pictorial index to things in the world. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates on upcoming events.
The Organism can be reached at organism [at] organismforpoeticresearch [dot] org.
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