Tag: poetry
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The first ‘Writing Mesopotamia’ reading at the Ashmolean
The first reading of the ‘Writing Mesopotamia’ programme at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, took place yesterday (Sunday 17 March). Heavy snow from about 9.00am until 11.30am gave us a bit of a scare and we thought we might have to cancel it, but luckily, it eased up and the Ancient Near East Gallery rang to […]
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Ashmolean Museum – Writing Mesopotamia
Writing Mesopotamia is an exciting series of readings and creative writing workshops from The Poet’s House, Oxford to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War in March-April 2003. Renowned Iraqi poet Adnan al Sayegh and Oxford-based poet Jenny Lewis will read their own poems together in English, some with Arabic translations, exploring […]
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Poet’s retreat in a Scottish castle
I had a Hawthornden Fellowship in June which involved living in a castle in Scotland with five other Writing Fellows to concentrate on our writing. Three Americans, a Scottish poet and a Filipina short story writer. It was an amazing experience, the castle was very secluded and we had to be silent betwen the hours […]
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