Reading #Instapoetry

This open access collection is the first to investigate the poetry of Instagram. Alongside academic essays from a variety of theoretical perspectives, it also includes accounts from people actually involved in the creation and circulation of Instapoems. In the 21st century, poetry enjoyed a publishing boom, largely thanks to the rise of a cohort of writers labelled "Instapoets" - named after the Instagram platform where many of them first became famous. The work of these writers has been controversial with other poets and literary critics, who argue that their product is in some way not…