NIAS LITERARY & HERITAGE FORUM PRESENTS 'POETRY OF THE EVERYDAY'
-Poetry reading and talk by Ms. Anjum Hasan On Wednesday, 31 August 2005 At 4 PM [evening) In the Lecture Hall of NIAS ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED Tea will be served at the reception at 3.30 pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ABOUT THE TALK: Anjum Hasan's talk will locate her poems in her interest in everyday situations and local contexts. She grew up in Shillong and her poetry is peopled by the figures and landscapes of a small-town milieu. What does it mean to write poetry that draws attention to the unnoticed details and textures of day-to-day existence? She will read out poems that capture different aspects of her poetic world - childhood, middle-class existence, small town characters and the idea of home. She will also present samples from the work of poets who have inspired and influenced her. In addition to sharing her poems, Anjum Hasan will discuss, with reference to her own and others' work, her views on aspects of the poet's craft, such as what determines the choice of detail in a poem, the question of tone, the search for an individual style, concerns about technique, and the larger question of why one should write poetry at all. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Anjum Hasan currently lives in Bangalore where in addition to working as a writer and critic she is Programme Executive at India Foundation for the Arts. Anjum Hasan's poetry has been published widely in journals in India and abroad. More recently her work has appeared in the anthologies Confronting Love (Penguin, 2005), Reasons for Belonging: Fourteen Contemporary Indian Poets (Penguin, 2003) and Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from the North-East (NEHU, 2003). Her debut collection of poems will be published later this year by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
