Explore the important topic of migration, learning how poetry can be the perfect vehicle to tell stories of movement, settlement, and belonging.
Movement and settlement, belonging and unbelonging, the meaning of ‘home’ – all have been (and continue to be) important themes in literatures across history and throughout the world.
In this course, we will look at representations of migration in poetry and discuss the multiple ways in which poets from across the globe have explored the topic, thinking about both the movement itself as well as the experience of being a migrant or (first or second generation) immigrant in their country of destination.
In a safe environment, we will try our own hand at writing about migration, whether drawing from our own experiences or those of ancestors.
Sarala Estruch is a British writer, poet, and researcher. After All We Have Travelled is her debut full-length poetry collection. Her pamphlet Say (flipped eye, 2021) was a Poetry School Book of The Year and was described as an ‘extraordinary debut’ by the Poetry Book Society.
Dates: 2 Half-day Zoom sessions, running 10am – 12.30pm (BST), on 17 & 24 June 2023.
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: £88
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