If you want to join me for some poetry-related classes, I’ll be teaching the following sessions over the coming months:
Close Reading: Irish Poets (5th & 12th November, 2-4pm)
In these two two-hour sessions, we will use close reading techniques to study a selection of poems from five excellent Irish writers. Together we will observe, analyse and discuss them as individual pieces and we will also explore how they might be read as being ‘in dialogue’ with each other.
This is the perfect course for anyone wanting to enhance their skills of analysis and discussion in a warm and collegiate atmosphere. No prior experience of close reading is necessary to take part.
https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/reading-irish-poets-1
Ways into Poetry (11 Jan-21 March 2024, 6-8pm)
Relatively new to writing poetry? This inspiring course offers an opportunity to experiment with language and a variety of poetic devices alongside fellow emerging poets. Discover the key elements of a poem in a friendly and interactive class.
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/ways-into-poetry
Sylvia Plath: Poetry & Prose (10 Feb-2 March 2024)
Join writer and lecturer Dr Mariah Whelan for a live online exploration of the life and writing of Sylvia Plath. In each of the 2-hour sessions, we will begin with a 1-hour lecture where you will be introduced to key aspects of Plath’s poetry and prose writings.
Four x 2-hour sessions, weekly on Saturdays, from 10 February to 2 March 2024, 2.00 to 4.00 pm British time. Live online via Zoom.
This is a 4-week course, with a live online lecture and seminar each week. The lectures are recorded so that participants can listen again during the course if they wish. The seminars are not recorded.
mariahwhelan.com 