Independent Research Project

For my research project, I am going to research Kay Rosen. As I was looking over many, many, many web pages of authors and trying to figure out who/what to research, I kept being drawn back to the bold simplicity of her work. One thing that I thought was really interesting was when I went to search for her on Google, the auto-fill-in option said "Kay Rosen artist". It seems she is more than just an author and poet. She is an artist as well. As far as what I'd like to learn, I'm really not sure on any specifics, except maybe perhaps how playing around with words can be considered poetry, art, and other things.

In order to produce 5-7 pages, I need to do a lot of research. Not only do I need to find information on Rosen herself, but I need to find out what she does- what it's called, what it's purpose is, where her work appears.

In doing this work, I think that the main thing that I need help with is direction- where am I supposed to be at the end of my paper? Are there any major "must-haves" that I should include in my writing? Where can I go if I get stuck throughout the project?

The first draft is not due for about a month, so in the meantime I definitely want to accomplish as much as possible. I definitely think the internet is going to be a great resource for finding most of my information. Navigating the massive size of the UWM library slightly frightens me, but I have become quite familiar with their wonderful online database. Hopefully that will be a great resource as well. Finally, I also plan on going to the Waukesha Public Library and seeing what kind of materials and resources they have.

To start out with my project, I am going to do as much research as I can and will write out at least three things: 1. A short biography (perhaps both personal and professional) of Kay Rosen. 2. What exactly it is that she does. 3. Any type of history that I can find about what she does.
I would like to have this done the week before the first draft is due (Ideally, I would like it sooner, but I have two other papers due on the same day during the first week of November, so I am not quite sure how that is going to work out).

Here is a taste of Kay Rosen's work- "Pendulum"