Proposals are invited for a Prose Poetry Symposium at Leeds Trinity University in July 2019 being co-organised by Anne Caldwell and Oz Hardwick. Deadline extended to 25 February.
A new anthology of contemporary prose poetry called The Valley Press Anthology of Prose Poetry featuring new writing from Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales, including work by NAWE poet members, will be launched at the event.
The symposium will consist of talks, panels, the official launch of The Valley Press Anthology of Prose Poetry, and an optional workshop.
Proposals are invited from scholars and practitioners (with 150-word abstracts) for 20-minute presentations which may address – though need not necessarily be limited to – one of the following topics:
Prose Poetry: International Currents. The UK has arguably been more reluctant to embrace the prose poem than the US, Europe and, more recently, Australia. How has the prose poem flourished around the world?
Formal Boundaries and Border Crossings. The prose poem is a notoriously contested form. Can it be defined, or is its unique strength in part due to its mercurial formal transgressions? Is it, in turn, particularly suited to address topics that question boundaries?
Influences and Explorations. How does the prose poem relate to – and engage with – other forms, both literary and otherwise.
We welcome non-traditional modes of presentation and panel proposals.
Please send 150-word abstract proposals to anne.caldwell@open.ac.uk including name, short biog, email address.
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Extended deadline for submissions: 25 February 2019
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