The Theatrical Expression of the Text

On the process of staging texts by Gertrude Stein for a young audience. An exploration of the corporeality of the poem I am I because my little dog knows me.

Cover of The Rhythm of Thinking

In Gertrude Stein's poem Identity a Poem, the author investigates philosophical and existential issues and concepts that are not only elusive and hard to understand, but are also often placed dialectically in relationship to one another. The beginning of the poem goes like this:

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