a three part lecture
with Bob Shepherd
The Waste Land
a three part lecture
with Bob Shepherd
€5.00
Nov 9th, 16th, 23th
19h00 – 2100
With his inimicable style and scearing wit, Bob Shepherd will guide us through T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land over three sessions!
Cover charge is discounted against books!
DETAILS OF EACH CLASS AND REQUIRED READING DUE SHORTLY
Bob Shepherd’s research focuses on the intertextual relationships between multilingual literatures, particularly the poetry of T.S. Eliot. His current work explores Eliot’s poetic methods, with particular emphasis on The Waste Land, Prufrock and the fusion of dramatic monologue and lyric. Bob Shepherd currently teaches at UAM, Madrid.
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Structure & Form
a one-day workshop
with Victoria Gosling
Events, Literature September 5th 10h30-18h00
Structure & Form: Finding the right shape for your story This one-day workshop explores one of the central challenges of creative writing: structure. Ideas often arrive in fragments: a dream, an image, a question, a voice, or a character who refuses to leave us alone until their story is told. But how do we transform these raw materials into a compelling piece of writing? How do we shape our ideas so that we don't get lost? How does plot work and how interested in it are we? And around which factors can we organise our material? Through discussion, close reading and writing exercises, we will investigate a range of approaches to storytelling, from classical principles to contemporary experiments with form. We'll touch on ideas from thinkers and writers as diverse as Aristotle, Kurt Vonnegut and Carmen Maria Machado, using their work as a springboard to develop our own. Together we'll examine the many different ways writers organise stories. Whether you're working on a novel, short story, memoir or are simply curious about how stories function, this workshop will provide you with strategies to help you organise your ideas and move your writing forward with confidence. Expect a lively, open and supportive environment with plenty of opportunities to ask your questions. The workshop is suitable for writers of all levels of experience. The day will include:- Morning session 90 minutes
- Break for coffee
- Late morning session 90 minutes
- Long lunch break
- Afternoon session 120 minutes
The Unamuno Author Series Festival Anthology
LiteratureIn 2019, over eighty poets and academics came to Madrid to form the city’s first anglophone literary festival.
Containing works from local performance poets and pulitzer prize winners alike, this bilingual collection represents a body of work capturing a glimpse of the itinerant anglophone poetry community that has passed through Madrid in recent years.
‘An unprecedented organization of writers from around the world ... I hope many more poets, writers, and readers get to benefit from this truly exceptional point of exchange.’ —Gregory Pardlo
‘..an international reading series which is inclusive, eccentric, very inspiring, which has been instigated by somebody who not only loves and understands poetry, but loves and understands people. That’s a rare thing, and something that should be celebrated.’ —Caitríona O’Reilly
Details: 320 pages 170mm x 240mm 0.626 kg
Cover art by Mark Strand An Unamuno Author Series and Desperate Literature title
Including work by:
Carl Adamshick, Nico Amador, Francisco Aragón, David Baker, Layla Benitez-James, Richard Blanco, Peg Boyers, Jericho Brown, Barney Bush, Rafael Carvajal, Mario Chard, Scott Cunningham; Joanne Diaz, Mark Doty, Michael Dumanis, Mary Moore Easter, Kit Fan, Joseph Fasano, Monica Ferrell, Joan Fleming, Kathleen Flenniken, Carolyn Forché, Livia Franchini, Forrest Gander, Dana Gioia, Aracelis Girmay, Rigoberto González, Jennifer Grotz, Christian Gullette, Marilyn Hacker, Tom Healy, Travis Helms, Marie Howe, Jenny Johnson, Marjorie Kanter, John Koethe, Shara Lessley, Su Smallen Love, Sheila Maldonado, Campbell McGrath, Ricardo Menes, Naomi Mulvihill, Luis Muñoz, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Sharon Olds, Caitríona O’Reilly, Gregory Pardlo, Elena Penga, Emilia Phillips, Dana Prescott, Ruben Quesada, Octavio Quintanilla, Spencer Reece, Paisley Rekdal, Luis J. Rodríguez, Steven Sanchez, Annie Schumacher, Richard Scott, Martha Serpas, Bruce Snider, Page Hill Starzinger, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Jeremy Voigt, Clarissa Watson, Michael White, Mark Wunderlich, Monica Youn, Maya Jewell Zeller, Mark Strand
