Paper Title
Poet-In-Residence and Productive Frictions

Abstract
This research critically analyzes the current literature pertaining to artist and poet residencies hosted by civic institutions and within library settings. A secondary objective of this research is to clearly define relevant terms within the literature and to examine closely the productive frictions that are at the crux of artist and poet residencies in terms of value. The literature review will scrutinize productive frictions in the context of artist and poet residencies and parse out the different values in relation to artists-poets, host institution, and community respectively. The interrogation will then examine the obstacles to productive friction within artist-poet residencies for the troika of artist, host institution, and community and the overlap and differences in terms of challenges. Ultimately the literature review will investigate what the overall literature is advancing in regards to productive frictions and artist-poet residencies and introduce a new research question to further the discourse. The question that underpins the study: What are the shared characteristics that hobble productive frictions for each stakeholder group? Employing a content analysis methodology, the researcher is confirming that unproductive frictions are characterized by miscommunication, unrealistic expectations, and shortcomings in institutional support. This throughline of reasoning will also be supported by a case study of the researcher’s experiences as a poet-librarian developing poetry-centric programming for the community in Southern California. Keywords - artist residences, poetry, productive frictions, co-collaboration, cultural ecology.