Our aim at the end of these three sessions is to give us the tools actually to read this modernist poem. How and why The Waste Land is (de)constructed. How we link apparently fragmented lines through Eliot’s references, the hypertexts. We might not finish the wasteland entirely, but you will however be ready to go forth, brave adventurer… Expect a […]
Our aim at the end of these three sessions is to give us the tools actually to read this modernist poem. How and why The Waste Land is (de)constructed. How we link apparently fragmented lines through Eliot’s references, the hypertexts. We might not finish the wasteland entirely, but you will however be ready to go forth, brave adventurer… Expect a […]
The Floating World AT EL CAFÉ GIJÓN A book launch with Ben Eastham Hosted by Skye Arundhati Thomas at Café Gijón A meditation on grief, late capitalism and art in the face of imminent climate apocalypse, The Floating World is thrilling repurposing of Adolfo Bioy Casares’s The Invention of Morel. Skye Arundhati Thomas will guide us through readings and a discussion about […]
Fitzcarraldo Editions Winter Party at Desperate Literature Munir Hachemi, Ben Eastham, Claire-Louise Bennett and Holly Pester. Please join us to celebrate Fitzcarraldo Editions at Desperate Literature, There will be drinks and music. Fiesta de Invierno de Fitzcarraldo Editions en Desperate Literature Les invitamos a celebrar Fitzcarraldo Editions en Desperate Literature con lecturas de: Munir Hachemi, Ben Eastham, Claire-Louise Bennett […]
Our aim at the end of these three sessions is to give us the tools actually to read this modernist poem. How and why The Waste Land is (de)constructed. How we link apparently fragmented lines through Eliot’s references, the hypertexts. We might not finish the wasteland entirely, but you will however be ready to go forth, brave adventurer… Expect a […]
Our Culture, A Most Anticipated Book of Fall The Millions, A Most Anticipated Fall Book Literary Hub, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year In a fictional English university town in the near future lies Northwick Author Development Academy, an elite incubator for the creative class. Its candidates arrive desperate to prove their originality, only to find that their work […]
Las Plagas Sutiles lecturas y música Lectura de varios de los cuentos de Las plagas sutiles (Franz, 2026), leídos por Pablo R. Mateos y acompañados con la música improvisada del autor del libro, Santiago Gutiérrez, y de Alberto Granados, compositor. «Tratan de lo que nunca ha sucedidoni podría suceder» —Javier Azpeitia Como si fueran poemas Una colección de catorce relatos brumosos […]
SEE CLUBS PAGE FOR ALL WORKSHOPS AND BOOKCLUBS Alejandra Pizarnik: You write poems because you need a place where what isn’t may be. Can we hide in language? Can we use language to say the unsayable? What is it that cannot be said? This season, we will enter the world of Alejandra Pizarnik (Buenos Aires, 1936–1972) through a selection of poems in […]