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10 River Terrace
New York, NY 10282 United States

February 2019

Workshop: Ontogeny, Phylogeny and Poetry with Michael Broder

February 21, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Poets House, 10 River Terrace
New York, NY 10282 United States
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From workshop leader Michael Broder: "My eighth-grade biology teacher taught us that “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny,” meaning that the embryo developing in the womb goes through stages of development that mirror the stages of human evolution. It turns out not to be an accurate theory, but I always loved the idea and the way the words sounded. And even as debunked science, it’s a beautiful way to think about being and becoming—who we are, how we grow, and how we change.…

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