The School of Night
School of Night. Monday 5th November. 5.30 pm, Alumni Room. Theme: not bonfires etc, but The Heart. The session will be hosted by Dr Emma Trott.
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Poetry and Conversation with Sandeep Parmar and Denise Riley
Join us in the School of English on 25th October for an evening of poetry and conversation with Denise Riley and Sandeep Parmar. Tickets available here. Denise Riley has written War in the Nursery: Theories of the Child and Mother [1983], ‘Am I That Name?’ Feminism and the Category of 'Women' in History [1988], The Words of Selves: Identification, Solidarity, Irony(2000), The Force...
School of Night
School of Night Next meeting: Wednesday 24th October, 5.30pm, Alumni Room. Theme: parents. This week's family: This Be The Verse - Philip Larkin Morning Song - Sylvia Plath My Parents' Wedding Night, 1937 - Sharon Olds The Gift - Li-Young Lee The Butts - Seamus Heaney Oyster - Rachel Bower Foaling - Rachel...
The School of Night
First School of Night meeting of the 2018/19 academic year. All welcome. Theme: Creatures of the Sea. Among the catches to be landed and observed: The Fishing Party - Michael Longley Clownfish - Lavinia Greenlaw Black Caiman with Butterflies - Pascale Petite from The Odyssey - Book XII, Scylla and Charybdis, trans Emily Wilson, Robert...
Stephanie Burt Reading
Poet and critic Professor Stephanie Burt (University of Harvard) will give a public reading and talk 5.30-7.00 pm in the Foyer of the School of English, as part of her UK book tour, at the invitation of the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. Please do come, and circulate the information to your students and poetry-loving...
The School of Night
The final School of Night meeting of this year's academic year. Theme: Food and Drink.
Sean O'Brien Reading
Verse Matters Launch
Join us in celebrating the launch of the Verse Matters anthology, and to hear some of the contributors read. The anthology aims to harness the power of everyday, human stories in times of inequality and xenophobia.
The School of Night
Penultimate School of Night meeting of this year’s academic year. Theme: Dreams and Sleep.
The School of Night
Next School of Night meeting. Theme: the Movies.