{"product_id":"all-about-love-the-poetics-of-resistance","title":"All About Love: The Poetics of Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll About Love: The Poetics of Resistance!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFriday 19th June 6:30pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_496880632elementToProof\"\u003eHow can love pave the way for a poetics of resistance?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_496880632elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJoin \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Mona \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eManjot\u003c\/span\u003e Dhaliwal \u003c\/strong\u003efor a workshop that explores themes of freedom, beauty and hope inspired by \u003cstrong\u003ebell hook’s\u003c\/strong\u003e seminal book,\u003ci\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAll about Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_496880632elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_496880632elementToProof\"\u003eIn this workshop, we will examine an eclectic array of poems from \u003cstrong\u003ebell hooks\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eMona Arshi\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eEmily Dickinson \u003c\/strong\u003ewhile exploring poetic techniques and qualities of resistance.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_496880632elementToProof\"\u003eThis friendly, relaxed workshop will offer an opportunity to delve into the transformational qualities of love, and how it relates to resistance through an insistence on freedom and expressions of hopeful imaginaries.  Come and engage in rich conversations, meet new and old friends and craft two poems. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_496880632elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_496880632elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDr Mona \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eManjot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Dhaliwal \u003c\/strong\u003ehas published poetry with Covert Magazine, Renard Press and Eche Poetry Journal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eManjot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has over 15 years of teaching experience. Her research examines the wider implications of feminist poetics, exploring how poetry gives voice to unclaimed spaces, uncovers overlooked voices and produces alternative narratives. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eManjot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has run poetry programming for the past four years. She was previously funded by the Arts Council of England and the Baobab Community fund. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eManjot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also runs the community poetry project, The Neighbour’s Garden which produced the zine, “Re-membering South Asian Feminist Poetics’.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brighton Book Festival","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53613586252119,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0959\/9814\/8951\/files\/Allaboutlove_1.png?v=1780319080","url":"https:\/\/www.brightonbookfestival.co.uk\/products\/all-about-love-the-poetics-of-resistance","provider":"Brighton Book Festival","version":"1.0","type":"link"}