OS Celebrates Women's History Month, Pt 1 :: Caits Meissner's "Homegirl Manifesto"
[box]For Women’s History Month 2017, I wanted to highlight some of the wholly original, challenging, sometimes heartbreaking work published on the OS by Women in the last few years. To…
COMMUNITY :: THE INSTITUTE OF NARRATIVE GROWTH : CAITS MEISSNER and MARK GONZALES
There is nothing more at the heart of The Operating System than a deep belief in the transformative power of creative practice — of storytelling and narrative practice, in particular.…
FIELD NOTES :: CAITS MEISSNER’S TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY :: PT 4 :: SAFE SPACES & ART : WHY I'M MAKING ROOM FOR WOMEN
Safe Spaces & Art: Why I’m Making Room For Women “Safe Spaces & Art” marks the fourth weekly episode of Poet / Artist / Educator Caits Meissner‘s “TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY,” our…
FIELD NOTES :: CAITS MEISSNER'S TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY :: PT 3 :: GIVING THANKS: HOW PRACTICING GRATITUDE CAN HELP UNVEIL YOUR NEXT POEM
“Giving Thanks” marks the third weekly episode of Poet / Artist / Educator Caits Meissner‘s “TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY,” our newest FIELD NOTES series-within-a-series. Bald and brave, these process notes offer not…
FIELD NOTES :: CAITS MEISSNER’s TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY :: PT 2 :: How To Find Your Perfect Mentor
“Finding Your Perfect Mentor” is the second weekly episode of Poet / Artist / Educator Caits Meissner‘s “TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY,” our newest FIELD NOTES series-within-a-series. Bald and brave, these process notes…
FIELD NOTES :: CAITS MEISSNER's TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY :: Incantations, Magic Spells & The Power of Writing: When Words Do Their Job
Editor’s note: We have been pinching ourselves to keep this a secret! Beginning with this terrific entry we will be bringing you weekly episodes of Poet / Artist / Educator…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO :: DAY 17 :: CAITS MEISSNER on YONA HARVEY
I have drunk in the words of Yona Harvey a’plenty and surfaced quenched. She is a blessing of a poet, a writer who’s words stick in the psyche for time.…
ART :: REFLECTIONS : COLLAGE AND (DE)CONSTRUCTION :: Caits Meissner in Workshop at the Brooklyn Museum
Caits Meissner, always inspiring poet-artist-educator-activist-friend, recently led a collage workshop at the Brooklyn Museum in coordination with the Mickalene Thomas exhibition, Origin of the Universe, [on view through January 20th, 2013].…
POETRY MONTH 30/30/30 : Inspiration, Community, Tradition : DAY 5 :: Caits Meissner on Adam Falkner
Adam Falkner is a poet, musician, high school English/Creative Writing teacher and former Michael Jackson dance-off champion – although he will probably deny the latter of those if asked. In…
Let It Die Hungry
Contrary to the book’s title, LET IT DIE HUNGRY is a collection of poems bursting with life. Recklessly sensual, provocative and profoundly curious, Meissner’s coming-of-age poems seek to anchor their…
