Poetry As Method ─ Reporting Research Through Verse

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to using and creating poetry for conducting and reporting social research. It includes examples of poetry, interviews of poets, and practical exercises that will enhance the discussion of poetry writing as a method. When used as a teaching guide this book will encourage students to consider the importance of form and function in poetry for qualitative methods. It also answers the question of how to teach the creation and evaluation of poetry, it combats the perception that poetry is too difficult or mysterious to use as research and that only poets should be concerned with poetic craft.

Dr. Sandra Faulkner is an assistant professor in the Department of Interpersonal Communication at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She has co-authored two books including Redefining Culture: Perspectives Across the Disciplines (Lawrence Erlbaum 2006) and Sex and Gender differences in Close Relationsips (Guilford 1997). Her research interests include the role of culture and relational processes in discussions about sexual issues and disclosures of potentially stigmatizing identities (e.g. gay) as well as how culture influences perceptions of relationships and sexual communication. She has been awarded several grants as well as a Top Paper Awared in the Latino/a Division of the National Communication Association.