Holding Ground: poetry of climate & community
LITERATURE | WORKSHOP
Holding Ground: poetry of climate & community
With Grace Wilentz
Tues 07 July | 2pm to 4pm
Event Details
Times & Dates:
Tues 07 July | 2pm to 4pm
Duration:
2 hours
Event Categories:
Literature
Admission:
€25
Age Suitability:
18+
Venue:
Yeats Building
How does climate change reshape our sense of home? Through reading and discussion, we’ll consider how poets engage with the politics of climate change through intimate, place-based perspectives. Participants will be led through guided writing exercises to reflect on personal landscapes, as well as loss, resilience and care in a changing world. No prior experience with poetry is necessary - just a willingness to read, reflect and write.
Grace Wilentz, born in New York, is a graduate of Harvard University with postgraduate degrees from Oxford and UCD. Her debut collection, The Limit of Light (2020), was named a book of the year by The Irish Times and Irish Independent. A recipient of Arts Council awards, her latest collection, Harmony (Unfinished) (2024), was shortlisted for the Farmgate Award.