Booking information

This is a one-day workshop.

Type: Workshop
Level: Open to all
Location: East

Details

Date: Saturday 19th Mar 2011

Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm

Cost:

Full cost:£53.00
60+:£41.00
Concs:£35.00

Face to face

Nature Cure: Pastoral Poems for Urban Dwellers

“We constantly refer back to the natural world to try and discover who we are. Nature is the most potent source of metaphors to describe and explain our behaviour and feelings.” This quote from Richard Mabey’s book Nature Cure provides the starting point for this writing workshop, which investigates the emotional power of the natural world. We will examine poems by William Wordsworth, John Clare, Alice Oswald, Robinson Jeffers, Sarah Maguire and Wallace Stevens and prose from Mabey; while considering the role of the poet as a spokesperson for nature, as well as the place of nature in the city and in a world of increasing ecological peril. Exercises and discussion will act as a prompt to produce new work during the session; some of this workshop will take place outdoors if weather permits.

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Tamar Yoseloff

Tamar Yoseloff was born in the U.S. in 1965. Her first collection, Sweetheart (Slow Dancer Press, 1998) was a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation and the winner of the Aldeburgh Festival Prize. She received a New Writers' Award from London Arts for her second collection in progress, which was later published as Barnard's Star (Enitharmon Press, 2004). In 2005 she was Writer in Residence at Magdalene College, Cambridge, as part of their Year in Literature Festival. Her third collection, Fetch, was published by Salt in 2007, as was Marks, an artist book collaboration with Linda Karshan published by Pratt Contemporary Editions. She is also the editor of A Room to Live In: A Kettle's Yard Anthology (Salt 2007) and the poetry editor of Art World Magazine. She is currently working on her first novel.

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About the venue

All classes will be held in the Montefiore Room.

Access Information

The Centre has nearby public parking and lift to the upper floors. There is an installed induction loop system and portable loop system if needed. All areas are accessible to wheelchair users and there are fully equipped disabled toilets with assistance alarm. For further information please contact the Centre Manager.