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This is a one-day workshop (10.30am-4.30pm)

Type: Workshop
Level: Intermediate
Location: London

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Date: Saturday 4th Feb 2012

Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm

Cost:

Full cost:£63.00
60+:£50.00
Concs:£38.00

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Megacities and the Grotesque

Since Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil and T S Eliot’s The Wasteland, poets have written about, recreated, and responded to the endless stimuli and shock of urban living. Now, we live in an increasingly global world, and the 21st century has seen the rise of diverse and multicultural megacities that are co-dependent on each other. Soon there will be more people living in cities than ever before in human history. How can poetry respond to, interact with, and reflect this rapid, and often shocking, urbanisation? Is the contemporary global city an essentially grotesque creation? And how can poetry respond to, and chronicle, the ever-changing 21st century cityscape? Come and read, discuss, and have your own work inspired by the work of poets that struggle with these questions.

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Siddartha Bose

Siddhartha Bose is a poet, playwright, and performer based in London. His work has appeared in Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21^st Century (Bloodaxe, 2009) and The HarperCollins Book of Modern English Poetry by Indians (HarperCollins, 2011). His first collection, Kalagora, appeared last year (Penned in the Margins, 2010). He has read his poetry on BBC 4, BBC Radio 3, and Times Online. He has written, performed, and toured a one-man play, also Kalagora, which just completed a month-long run at the Edinburgh Festival. He is a Leverhulme Fellow in Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. He is developing a full-length play with WhyNotTheatre, Toronto and was dubbed one of the ‘ten rising stars of British Poetry’ by The Times. www.kalagora.com

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The Poetry School has accessible parking with a front entrance drop-off point. The room used for classes is on ground level and there is adequate space for wheelchair users and an induction loop available upon request. There are fully equipped disabled toilets and an emergency assistance alarm is fitted. For further information please contact the office.

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