essays

The Factspace on the Origin of Poetry

by Seth Fried

This literary fact was provided by The Factspace, a potentially award-winning webcomic written and drawn by Seth Fried and Julia Mehoke. You can check out more true facts here.

About the Author

Electric Literature

Reading into everything.

Read Next
Switch On Symbol

2013 Booker Prize Shortlist is “Most Diverse in Recent Memory”

Sep 10 - Benjamin Samuel Read
Switch On Symbol

More Like This

bird's eye view of carnival
 Lit Mags

From Here Your Future Looks Very Small

"The Day is a Manhole" and "Birds in Space," two poems by Hillery Stone

Aug 26 - Hillery Stone
A rainbow of books stacked on their sides, filling the screen
 Reading Lists

7 Debut Collections That Continue the Lineage of Queer Poetry

This fall, a new wave of poets redefine the meanings of identity, experience, and desire

Aug 20 - Christina Orlando
hands clapping off dust
 Lit Mags

After All These Months My Hair Is Still in Your Drain

"Slough" and "Spooky Action at a Distance," two poems by Kristen Steenbeeke

Aug 12 - Kristen Steenbeeke