{"id":1929,"date":"2022-03-07T12:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2022-05-03T12:39:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:39:30","slug":"page-breaks-poetry-and-conflict-wed-9-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2022\/03\/07\/page-breaks-poetry-and-conflict-wed-9-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Breaks: Poetry and Conflict (Wed 9 March)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/03\/image_2022-03-07_123652-1024x713.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/03\/image_2022-03-07_123652-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/03\/image_2022-03-07_123652-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/03\/image_2022-03-07_123652-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/03\/image_2022-03-07_123652.png 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, we&#8217;ll reflect on the appeal of poetry in times of conflict, thinking about how and why people have turned to verse in the context of warfare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-9d6ee005-6ee3-44ff-a4d5-372dbfabfb98\">Text (Reading)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-d58dbca0-cc3d-4938-82f1-ef032c72f025\"><li>Alison Stine, &#8220;What\u2019s with all the viral poems? Why we turn to verse in a time of war&#8221; Read online (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2022\/03\/02\/poetry-viral-poems-gorman-mccord\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salon<\/a>) <\/li><li>Ilya Kaminsky, &#8220;We Lived Happily During the War&#8221;, from <em>Deaf Republic<\/em>. Read online (<a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/we-lived-happily-during-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poets.org<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-39aaf5a6-8b56-48ea-8907-12d23d9b558f\">&#8220;Time&#8221; and &#8220;Place&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-ca0f78f2-eb50-462f-97d3-a9579d7b8dff\"><li>Wednesday 9th March 2022, 1 pm<\/li><li>Zoom: <a href=\"https:\/\/bham-ac-uk.zoom.us\/j\/82213440726?pwd=QVQvcXBGclBibnFna1RiYS92eDBJZz09\">Link&nbsp;<\/a>(Password: pagebreaks).  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-2fd33e30-4220-4439-96fe-679aa6c8b838\">Looking forward to seeing you again soon! This event is run by Dorothy Butchard and Toria Johnson (d.butchard@bham.ac.uk and t.johnson@bham.ac.uk). Please email us if you have any questions, but you&#8217;re welcome to just turn up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-65810b35-a09d-4396-ade0-9b8099f3efe1\">About<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-b777ee7a-87dc-4fbf-9bcb-950fb5fb0acc\">Page Breaks is a (very) informal weekly reading group within the Department of English Literature. 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