Days: 11/2, 26/2, 12/3, 26/3, 9/4, 23/4, 7/5, 21/5
Time: 19.00-21.00
Register for the circle here
 
Poetry will not go quietly. You would have to starve it out, and it can eat on very little. Hunger and love move the world, didn’t Schiller say so.
– C. D. Wright, “This Much I Know:”
 
This study circle will place contemporary poetry in conversation with participants’ own poetic practice. In its two-hour format, we will first discuss a full volume of poems published after 2001 – with books by Roger Reeves, Susan Howe, Fady Joudah, Ilya Kaminsky and M. NourbeSe Philip, among others. In the second half of the session, we will talk about the work of a group participant – whether a published book of poems, work-in-progress, freestanding text, collaboration, or performance piece – beginning with an introduction by the author. As such, this reading group is intended for practicing poets (although anyone with an interest in poetry is welcome). Readings will be in English, and discussion in both English and Swedish.
 
Participants will get 15-20% off the reading list at the newly opened nord books in Södermalm.
 
This is the study circle’s third season – previous attendance is not a requirement.
 
This circle is led by the poets and translators Max Alletzhauser and Elizabeth Clark Wessel.
 
Readings for the first session can be found here. Main text: Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic & participant text: Max Alletzhauser, Decomposition: The Conversation Books (I-III)
 
The study circles are facilitated in collaboration with ABF Stockholm