She was Chair of Judges for the Forward Prizes for Poetry in 2019 and a judge for the Baillie Gifford Non-Fiction Prize in 2020. In 2016, she was the winner of The Observer Anthony Burgess Arts Journalism Prize. She is the author of Keats and Philosophy (2011) and Dressed: The Secret Life of Clothes (2019). She is a Professor at the University of the Arts London, working in the fields of literature, philosophy and visual culture. Shahidha Bari is an academic, critic and broadcaster. Her latest pamphlet, Bulbul Calling, was published with Bitter Melon Press in 2020. Since 2018, she has been working on amberflora, an eco/world poetry zine. Pratyusha is an Indo-Swiss writer based in London. Wordsworth’s poetry will be read by celebrated actor, Anna Madeley. Pratyusha will discuss the impact of Wordsworth on her work, performing her own poetry and sharing how she is working towards making nature writing a more inclusive field. As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to emerge, we will be joined by contemporary nature writers to understand how colonial legacies have meant nature continues to be one of society’s greatest divides.Īcademic Shahidha Bari will provide a contextual introduction into Wordsworth’s life and legacy, and writer Polly Atkin joins us live from Grasmere, to explore the relationship between humans and the natural world over time. In 2020, a year of seismic shifts to our contemporary social and cultural lives, Wordsworth’s use of the natural world as a canvas has come into even sharper focus. Wordsworth’s work wrote nature into our social and political history. Now, amidst the celebrations of his 250th birthday, Poet in the City brings together poets and academics to explore why an examination of Wordsworth is relevant today.
William Wordsworth was a poet with deep concern for the human condition and its relationship to the natural world. Pratyusha shares her poetry and her work to empower nature writers of colour Polly Atkin discusses nature and well-being Shahidha Bari explores Wordsworth’s life and work If you wish to provide feedback after the show, please click here to fill in the online form.
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