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Close encounters
Reading a poem closely, carefully,
is like unlocking the doors to a new understanding of poems. These leading
writers and readers take two poems each and talk about them in depth.
Exploring one poem of
their own, and one by a poet they admire, this is poetry for readers
and for writers – pared down, opened up, close and personal. We
will publish brief notes from each set of readings on this page, after
each event.
The Close Encounters series is run by the Scottish Poetry Library, with
The Poetry School.
Ruth Padel
Thursday 1 November 2007
Ruth Padel's weekly poetry columns prove the beauty and the reward
of reading poetry is in the detail. The huge success of The
Independent columns, followed by her books 52 Ways of
Looking at a Poem and The Journey, prove there is
a huge community of readers ready to revive the experience of simply
reading a poem. "I'm not sharing right answers but offering
a process: how I or you can bring all of ourselves to a poem so
it stays with us, enlightening, enriching." (Ruth Padel)
Read
'The Dog' by C K Williams and
an extract from 'The Soho Leopard' by Ruth Padel, introduced
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Don Paterson
Tuesday 12 February 2008
Poetry editor of the acclaimed Picador list, with another life
as a jazz musician, Don Paterson is one of the UK's leading poets.
Poets and readers who have been able to hear him talk about poetry
are saying he is also one of its finest readers.
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Annie Freud
Wednesday 12 March, 7.30pm
Annie Freud recently published her first full-length collection.
The Best Man That Ever Was is Annie Freud's first full-length
collection, following A Void Officer Achieves The Tree Pose
(Donut Press, 2005)
Read
'The Best Man that Ever Was' by Annie Freud and 'Nom de Plume'
by John Stammers, introduced by Annie Freud. |
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Adam Phillips
Critic,
author and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips has become Britain's most
celebrated exponent of psychoanalytic writing for the literary
value of his work. "I read psychoanalysis as poetry,"
he has said. "So I don't have to worry about whether it is
true or even useful, but only whether it is haunting or moving
or intriguing or amusing."
Listen to Adam Phillips on close reading, recording available
from May.
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Scottish Poetry Library Event Bookings
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 557 2876
Email: reception@spl.org.uk
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1 November 2007, 7.30
"I'm not sharing right answers but offering a process"
12 February 2008, 7.30
Leading UK poet, jazz musician, and editor of the acclaimed
Picador list.
12 March 2008, 7.30
Annie Freud recently published her first full-length collection,
The Best Man That Ever Was.
"I read psychoanalysis as poetry …haunting or moving or intriguing
or amusing."
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