Faber Academy: Nature Poems in the 21st Century with Karen McCarthy Woolf (New Course)
Writing about the non-human world is perhaps the most urgent task of poetry today. Immerse yourself in the natural world in this intensive one-week course.
How do we write poems that speak to our environment in a time of unprecedented ecological precarity? How might we bear witness to humanity’s impact on flora, fauna, rivers, oceans, mountains? And to who, or what, do we attune our ears when writing poems that may seek to inspire action alongside awe and hope?
In this one-week intensive course, Karen McCarthy Woolf will guide the group through a series of close readings, generative exercises and discussion. You’ll consider a diverse range of international nature poetries from around the world, including John Clare, Pablo Neruda, Jason Allen-Paisant and Layli Long Soldier.
Over the five days, you will focus on various poetic forms, literary techniques, strategies and interventions, as well as drawing on other mediums such as visual art and music. You’ll also take your writing out of Faber Academy’s classrooms and visit a gallery, to reflect and respond to how other artistic forms are responding to ecological breakdown, and how this can inform your own work.
Dates: Monday 17 - Friday 21 February 2025, 10:00–16:00
Location: Faber's Office, The Bindery, 51 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8HN
Cost: £595
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