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Poetry of the Impossible with Maria Jastrzebska.
10 am – 1 pm. Saturday 17th January.
Brighton Writers’ Centre.
Price £40 or £30 Concessionary Rates and Friends of THE SOUTH
What is a prose poem? A lazy option for poets who can't be bothered with line breaks? Or a challenging and demanding form in its own right? Paul Valery described it as " the coming and going between two worlds", while Charles Simic said the prose poem is: "the result of two contradictory impulses, prose and poetry and therefore cannot exist but it does.” Despite its bad press in the UK the prose poem is beginning to gain ground. THE SOUTH now offer you the opportunity to come read, discuss and try your hand at the prose poem. This is a workshop for experienced writers and beginners alike.
About the Workshop Leader
Maria Jastrzebska was born in Warsaw, Poland and grew up in London. She now lives in Brighton. Her previous collections include POSTCARDS FROM POLAND (Working Press) ‘HOME FROM HOME’ (Flarestack), SYRENA (Redbeck Press) and I'll Be back before You Know It (Pighog Press Nov 2008). She was co-editor of ‘Forum Polek’ a bilingual anthology of women’s writing, Poetry South (2007) and Whoosh! (Pighog Press/QWS/SOUTH). She founded SOUTH POLE and is chair of Queer Writing South. Her poems and translations have been widely published in anthologies and journals in the U.K and translated into Finnish, French, Japanese, Polish, Romanian and Slovenian. Moniza Alvi has described Maria's prose poems as "highly original -claustrophobic, disorienting and razor-edged" (Poetry International Web).
How to book
To check availability and to sign up for this workshop please either
- call THE SOUTH office on 01273 571700
- email workshops@thesouth.org.uk
- Buy online: Please click the buy online button below. When buying online all prices are subject to a 5% booking fee which will shown as VAT on your invoice.
£40
Full Price
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£30
Conc. Rate
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- Pay by cheque: please print off a booking form and send with a cheque made out to THE SOUTH to:
Workshops,
THE SOUTH,
Brighton Writers' Centre,
49 Grand Parade,
Brighton BN2 9QA.
- Call into the office: we are generally open 10am-5pm weekdays.
N.B. Please note that to secure a place on a course, we must receive payment in full in advance.
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