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Writing the Hybrid: The Boths & Betweens of Poetry & Prose

Ellene Glenn Moore and Miranda Schmidt will discuss how they write between and across forms, bringing poetry and prose together in their most recent books. Ellene’s recent chapbook, Passage: An Essay, unfolds over the course of a single day. It moves between narrative essay, lyric essay, and short prose lyrics, using the tools of these forms to explore not just the linear passage of time, but also the contraction and dilation of the self that inhabits each infinite moment. Miranda’s debut novel, Leafskin, is about a poet, breaks into poetry at crucial moments, and prioritizes techniques we often associate with poetry like rhythm, sound, image, and repetition. Together, Ellene and Miranda will consider how they each write in both forms, when bringing poetry and prose together can be most effective and necessary, and what writing across and between genres can bring to both text and practice. About Ellene Glenn Moore Ellene Glenn Moore’s creative and critical writing often engages with themes of memory and identity, particularly insofar as they shape each other and the stories we tell ourselves. She holds degrees in Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University, Florida International University, and Bath Spa University, where she wrote her doctoral dissertation on hybrid genre texts and hybridity as creative practice. Ellene’s book How Blood Works (Kent State University Press, 2021), winner of Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, interleaves lineated poems and prose forms to examine how identity takes shape in the spaces we inhabit; her recent chapbook Passage: An Essay (Orison Books, 2025), winner of the Orison Prize for Non-Fiction, charts the many passages of a single day, ultimately telling the story of a mind trying to understand itself. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets, West Branch, Poet Lore, Brevity, Hayden's Ferry Review, and elsewhere. Find her at elleneglennmoore.com and @elleneglennmoore. About Miranda Schmidt Miranda Schmidt’s work circles the folkloric, the familial, queer magic, and the more-than-human world. Their debut book, Leafskin (Stillhouse Press, 2025), a poetic novel, considers what we create and become in our time of environmental destruction. Miranda’s writing has also appeared in Triquarterly, Orion, Electric Literature, Catapult,and more. She has studied at the University of Washington MFA Program, Bath Spa University PhD program, the Lambda Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Writers, the Bread Loaf Environmental Conference, and the Tin House Writers Workshop. Miranda has taught creative writing at the Portland Book Festival, the Loft, the University of Washington, and Portland Community College. Their ongoing newsletter and teaching project, Writing Toward Nature, explores methods for bringing the more-than-human more deeply into our writing craft. Miranda was born in the Bay Area, grew up in Illinois, lived in London, New York, and Seattle, and now calls Portland, Oregon home. You can find Miranda at mirandaschmidt.com and @mirandarschmidt.