Let's Talk About... Poetry and Music
Date:
With:
Annelyse Gelman and Vanessa Bell, hosted by Lou Garcia-Dolnik
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
Is poetry a form of music? What can writers learn from musicians? Vanessa Bell and Annelyse Gelman, our City of Literature Virtual Writers in Residence, will come together to read excerpts from their own work and discuss these entwined art forms.
Details
This seminar will take place online. Detailed instructions for participation will be provided.
About the Panelists:
Annelyse Gelman’s most recent book, Vexations (University of Chicago Press, 2023), won the 2022 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets and was longlisted for the National Book Award. Gelman is also the author of the poetry collection Everyone I Love Is a Stranger to Someone (Write Bloody, 2014) and the experimental pop EP About Repulsion (Fonograf Editions, 2019), as well as the artist’s book POOL (Neck Press, 2020). Her work has been published in The New Yorker, Best New Zealand Poetry, Harper’s Magazine, BOMB Magazine, the PEN Poetry Series, American Poetry Review and elsewhere, and exhibited internationally. Gelman also founded and directs Midst, an app and digital publishing platform focused on capturing, saving, and sharing the writing process.
Vanessa Bell is codirector of CONTOURS and director of the poetry collection at Éditions du Quartz. Her practice in the literary arts has enabled her to perform in the Americas, Europe and Scandinavia and has been supported by several artistic residencies. She is the author of the poetry collections De rivières (2019, La Peuplade) and MONUMENTS (2022, Le Noroît), as well as the cold-water swimming book Fendre les eaux (2023, De l'Homme). She is also the initiator and codirector of the anthology on women's poetry in Quebec Anthologie de la poésie actuelle des femmes au Québec 2000 | 2020 (2021, Remue-ménage). Vanessa Bell is, under the mentorship of Nicole Brossard, the first francophone Canadian to be supported by the Writers' Trust of Canada's Rising Stars program (2022).
Not a Member?
Lunchtime Bites and Evening Appetisers are free for members. Members of Writers Victoria receive up to 37% off the full price of our other workshops, seminars and courses. In addition, members have access to a range of other discounts and opportunities and receive a subscription to The Victorian Writer magazine. Memberships start from just $50. Find out more about becoming a member here.
Venue:
Australia
Contact:
Phone: (03) 9917 8463
Email: [email protected]