Miriam Nash is a poet, performer, workshop leader and freelance project coordinator. She manages and supports projects that create community for new and emerging writers. She has worked on national and international arts projects including Writing the City for the British Council Singapore, WORDCUP2010 for Apples and Snakes, and the London Teenage Poetry SLAM, as well as with Spread the Word, Barbican Young Poets and Urban Words. Miriam leads poetry workshops in schools and has worked with young people and adults in London, Chicago and Singapore. She is currently Assistant Producer for Shake the Dust, a national youth poetry slam project taking place in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics.
Miriam has performed her poetry internationally at venues including the Esplanade (Singapore), The Arts House (Singapore), Tate Modern, Tate Britain, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Young Chicago Authors and many others. Her work is published in print and online journals including Magma, Brand, Popshot Magazine, New Writing Dundee, Daydream Magazine and The Battered Suitcase. Since graduating from Goldsmiths in 2008, she has been mentored by poet and educator Jacob Sam-La Rose.
“Miriam Nash, the perfect combination of a practical head and a poetic heart. I was a participant on Miriam’s first creative writing project. It’s rare that a poetry workshop gets so full that it has to be split into two groups, but Miriam made this happen through accessible sessions that encouraged discussion, peer review and collaboration. As a writer and project manager she is generous, hard-working and forward-thinking.” – Yemisi Blake
