JL Williams offers writing workshops, coaching and mentoring sessions for poets, and loves reading poetry aloud and collaborating with other people and forms of expression. She is hopeful about the simple and mysterious power of poetry that allows us to know ourselves, each other and the world more deeply. Books by JL Williams include Condition of Fire (Shearsman, 2011), Locust and Marlin (Shearsman, 2014), Our Real Red Selves (Vagabond Poets, 2015), House of the Tragic Poet (If A Leaf Falls Press, 2016) and After Economy (Shearsman, 2017).
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Day 2
16th October 2021
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11:00
Reading and Discussion: Let's get Critical
11:00 - 12:00The world of poetry criticism is often a turbulent place. Who is reviewed, who does the reviewing, the role of prizes and what constitutes ‘quality’, the role of the critic, who is being excluded or amplified - we’ve come a long way from ‘but does it rhyme…’. Naush Sabah is the editor of Poetry Birmingham, one of the most dynamic and inspiring new journals in poetryland. Gerry Cambridge has been a poet, editor and observer of Scottish letters for more than thirty years, at the helm of the eminent Dark Horse. Colin Herd is a poet and lecturer at University of Glasgow and has published five ambitious, analytical, and satisfying poetry collections. Join them to investigate the issues in contemporary poetry criticism. Expertly chaired by JL Williams.
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