Explore what it means to perform aspects of the self in your poetry and discuss what is lost, gained, and – potentially – transformed in the process.
In this workshop, we will think about what it means to perform aspects of the self on the page and also in live contexts; asking, how do we relate to our readers and audiences (real and imaginary); what do we offer them; how do we anticipate and react to them; what are the benefits and obstacles of turning towards our readers and audiences in this way?
We will read poets who discuss ways of relating to their readers and audiences in terms of intimacy, vulnerability, refusal, and ‘the right to opacity’ and will try out some different techniques of writing, performing, and obscuring the self, discussing what is lost, gained, and – potentially – transformed in the process.
Tutor: Nisha Ramayya is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Queen Mary University of London. Her debut collection States of the Body Produced by Love is published by Ignota Books (September 2019).
Date: Saturday 1 February 2020, 10.30am – 4.30pm.
Location: Poetry School, 1 Dock Offices, Surrey Quays Road, Canada Water, SE16 2XU
Cost: £75
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