poetry
No poetry after Auschwitz
Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, RedlandStarting with Theodor Adorno’s much-quoted proposition that ‘After Auschwitz it is barbaric to write poetry’, this talk will explore the tension between confronting the reality of the Holocaust and responding artistically through the medium of poetry to human experience. By focusing on individual poems by survivors such as Paul Celan and Primo Levi and … Continue reading No poetry after Auschwitz
Belonging and belongings: Jewish poetry in the UK today
Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, RedlandWhat does it mean to be a Jewish poet? Can a non-Jew, like Micheal O’Siadhail, write about the Holocaust? (See The Gossamer Wall, Bloodaxe 2002). Maybe the Irish and the Jews have enough in common to be able to immerse themselves in each other’s histories. Does a writer and in particular a poet have to … Continue reading Belonging and belongings: Jewish poetry in the UK today
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