Song of a Reformed Headhunter

Attended a very interesting poetry symposium and read at Teddy Hall over the weekend. Met Mina Ebtehadj-Marquis for Sat brunch, and spent time with Anna, Adam, James, and Reuben, whom I stayed with. Organized by Kristin Grogan and Hugh Foley, "Special Relationships: Poetry Across the Atlantic Since 2000," Friday, May 19, Rothermere American Institute: Panel 1 Mary Jean Chan (Royal Holloway) - Spatial and Spiritual Subalternity in Kei Miller's The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion Dave Coates (Edinburgh) - Awards Culture and Whiteness in Contemporary Poetry Dai George (UCL) - The Salt Aesthetic: American Influence in British Poetry's Experimental Mainstream Panel 2 Jess Cotton (UCL) - Performing (In)visibility: Bhanu Kapil, Sileutas , and the Supine Body Jewel Pereyra (Georgetown) - Resisting a Legar Grammar: Poetic Embodiment and Tidal Memory in M. NourbeSe Philip's Zong! and Claudia Rankine's Citizen  Jee Leong Koh (The Brearley School) - C...

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