JAGGED LITTLE PILLS 💊

pharmaceutical poetry workshop led by meredith macleod and ruby lawrence (from Crisp Packet Poetry!)

7-9pm (UK time) thurs 9th october

via Zoom

come with us and plough the eddies of the human-medication relationship! we will explore what kinds of personal feelings towards pharmaceutical objects are taboo versus culturally mandated, discovering how some contemporary poets are writing into this surprisingly RICH space…

how does a pharmaceutical poetics map onto a broader landscape of disability poetics?

how does the presence of a medication within a poem challenge received notions of what counts as a ‘proper’ poetic subject?

how can it agitate and/or generate a poetics?

what’s it like to sedate a poem?

including plenty of juicy prompts, opportunities to read some of your words, and/or just get cozy, listen & flow with your kitty/cuppa/slippers/autumnal vibes

FREE OF CHARGE BUT PLACES LIMITED

email or dm us to reserve yours - crisppacketpoetry@gmail.com