I had a very unusual Saturday. Together with Dzifa Benson, Jacqueline Saphra and Dominic O’Rourke, I took part in a poetry performance at Tate Britain as part of the Tate’s Going Public event series. Our piece, In The Undergrowth, was a response to David Hockney’s Bigger Trees Near Warter. We performed in front of the artwork [...]
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The Vineyard at Tate Britain
Posted in Performances, tagged Bigger Trees Near Warter, David Hockney, Dominic O'Rourke, Dzifa Benson, In the Undergrowth, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Jacqueline Saphra, Miriam Nash, Performance Poetry, Tate Britain, Tate Going Public, The Vineyard Poets on March 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Jazz Verse Jukebox
Posted in Performances, tagged HKB Finn, Jumoké Fashola, Miriam Nash, Poetry by Miriam Nash, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Tshaka, Voice on February 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After two months of writing, walking and (I won’t lie) luxuriating in Geneva, March will bring me back to London. On Sunday 14 March, I’ll be performing at Jazz Verse Jukebox, Jumoké Fashola‘s poetry and jazz night at none other than Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Jumoké is an award winning broadcaster and singer, and a [...]
CollaborARTing
Posted in Projects, tagged Accident & Emergence, Anna Sexton, CollaborARTing, Jacqueline Saphra, Miriam Nash, Pistols & Pollinators on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last year I was invited by poet Jacqueline Saphra to take part in Pistols & Pollinators, a project that brings visual artists and poets together to work on joint artworks, run by Accident & Emergence. Everyone on the project came together for a day in November, to share ideas, get to know each other and [...]
Open Notebooks
Posted in Projects, tagged creative correspondance, Karen McCarthy, Letter Writing, Miriam Nash, Open Notebooks, Spread the Word on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s beautiful when someone you admire asks you to work with them. Karen McCarthy is one of my favourite London poets, and this week we’ve embarked on a creative correspondance – sending letters to each other in an exchange we hope will prompt new poems for both of us. This is part of Karen’s Open [...]
Reading at Tate Modern
Posted in Performances, Poems, tagged Baldessari, Miriam Nash, Pascale Petit, Poetry by Miriam Nash, Poetry from Art, Tate Modern on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This autumn I was hugely privileged to be given a sponsored place on Pascale Petit’s Poetry from Art course at Tate Modern, courtesy of the wonderful London literature organisation Spread the Word. Over the past six weeks I’ve been part of a dedicated group of writers exploring poetry in relation to installations and artworks in [...]
Notes from Chicago
Posted in News, tagged London Teenage Poetry SLAM, Miriam Nash, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Peter Kahn on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, I’m back from Chicago, though I’m trying my hardest to pretend I’m still there. Last week was, without any doubt, one of the most incredible experiences of my life so far. I’m still digesting, thinking about the best way to convey just how powerful it was. I’ve been walking around smiling, like a person [...]
Windy City, here I come!
Posted in News, tagged Jacob Sam-La Rose, London Teenage Poetry SLAM, Miriam Nash, Oak Park River Forest High School, poetry, shane solanki on November 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yes, it is really happening – I’m off to Chicago with the London Teenage Poetry SLAM for a week of poetry, performance and (I’m expecting) life-changing experience… Together with Artistic Director Jacob Sam-La Rose, poet and SLAM coach Shane Solanki and eight talented young poets from Kingsford Community School in Newham, I’ll be hosted by [...]
New Letters by Workshop Participants
Posted in Workshops, tagged Diana Ali, Foyles, Letter Writing, letter writing workshops, Miriam Nash, slow down london, Snail Mail on November 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My second Snail Mail: Creative Letter Writing Workshop of the season took place on Saturday 31 October at Foyles, in our lovely meeting room just above Charing Cross Road. Ten enthusiastic participants wrote new letters and shared stories and thoughts about writing and communication. To give a flavour of the workshops and to celebrate the [...]
Catching Up
Posted in News, tagged Foyles, letter writing workshops, Miriam Nash, Naomi Woddis, National Poetry Day, Poetry Workshops, slow down london, Snail Mail, StorySLAM on October 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been offline for a while with flu, but I’m now back to full health and also back on the blog. Here are some of the things I’ve been up to over the past month… I helped project manage the Lit Up Showcase & Conference at the Albany on 24 September. You can read all [...]
Lit Up at the Albany
Posted in News, tagged Lit Up, Live Literature, Miriam Nash, Playback NYC, Polarbear, Stacy Makishi, The Albany on October 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the exciting things about working at the Albany is that there’s so much to get involved with. This September, we hosted the second Lit Up Showcase & Conference and I stepped in to help manage the preparations and the day itself, which took place on Thursday 24 September. Lit Up is a series [...]
