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Tag Archives: contemporary poetry dicsussion group
Welcome back to the poetry reading group!
TODAY (Wednesday 22nd) at 6pm in HumSS 110, we will be re-starting the poetry reading group. We will be looking at a selection of poems by Charles Baudelaire, with a heady mix of prostitutes, vampires, albatrosses and plenty of intoxication. Our … Continue reading
Walt Whitman under discussion
On Thursday 4th July, the Contemporary Poetry Discussion Group decided that they were going to be mixing it up a little by changing their usual contemporary focus and looking at Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself’, from Leaves of Grass. In particular, they were looking at the first 11 … Continue reading
The contemporary poetry discussion group is back!
After a break due to the Reading Poetry Festival – which we hope all enjoyed – we will be discussing one of the poets who attended it, Mark Ford. We will be looking at his recent collection Six Children (2011) … Continue reading
Poetry Discussion Group: poetry related to museums
Poetry Discussion Group This Thursday (28 Feb) at 5:15 pm in HumSS G57, Whiteknights Campus, we will be discussing poems related to museums. The poems, selected by Lotti, are: W. H. Auden, ‘Musee des Beaux Arts’ James Fenton, ‘The Pitt-Rivers … Continue reading
Posted in Department of English Literature news and events
Tagged contemporary poetry dicsussion group, Dan Beachy-Quick, Department of English, Department of English Literature, English Department, English Literature, Evan Boland, James Fenton, Reading, University of Reading, W H Auden
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Poetry reading: all welcome
Join us in the early evening on Thursday 14 March 2013, for a contemporary poetry reading & a glass of wine. The esteemed poets Elaine Randell and Laurie Duggan are visiting the English Literature Department to treat us to a … Continue reading
Posted in Department of English Literature news and events
Tagged contemporary poetry dicsussion group, Department of English, Department of English Literature, Dr Natalie Pollard, Elain Randell, English Department, English Literature, Laurie Duggan, Professor Peter Robinson, Reading, University of Reading
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The poetry of J H Prynne
Contempoary Poetry Discussion Group This Thursday, 14th February, at 5:15pm in HumSS G57 (Whiteknights Campus), we will be discussing some poems by J. H. Prynne, one of the most well-known British avant-garde poets. His work can be notoriously challenging: his collected … Continue reading
Contemporary poetry discussion group is back!
This Thursday (31 January), at the usual time of 5:15 pm in HumSS G57, Whiteknights Campus (please note change of venue from last term), we will be discussing the most recent finalists of the TS Eliot Prize, which was awarded earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Department of English Literature news and events
Tagged contemporary poetry dicsussion group, Department of English, Department of English Literature, Deryn Rees-Jones, English Department, English Literature, Gillian Clarke, Jacob Polley, Julia Copus, Reading, Sean Borodale, Sharon Olds, Simon Armitage, University of Reading
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All welcome to poetry discussion group
This Thursday, 13th December, at the usual time of 5:15pm in HumSS 110, Whiteknights Campus, is the final poetry discussion group of the year! We have based the selection of this week’s poems around the theme of winter. The poems are: … Continue reading
Edward Dorn discussion
POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP Next Thursday, 29th November, in HUMSS Room 110 (Whiteknights Campus) at 5:15 pm we will be looking at four poems of the American poet Ed Dorn. Here is a brief introduction to the poet: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/edward-dorn All welcome … Continue reading
T S Eliot Prize discussion
Do come along this Thursday (1 Nov) in Room 110, HUMSS Building, Whiteknights Campus, to the next meeting of the CONTEMPORARY POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP This week we will be reading some of the work of the poets shortlisted … Continue reading