When: Thursday, March 28, 2024, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PMWhere: Gallery 2, Ground Floor, Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX
An evening of poetry and literary performances, organised by the Centre for Contemporary Writing (QMUL) and Whitechapel Gallery
Join an evening of poetry and literary performances exploring themes of edges, deviance, borders, and liberation in partnership with the Centre for Contemporary Writing at Queen Mary. You’ll hear new work by Sophie Robinson, author of Rabbit (2018) and convener of the Devotion workshop series, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, whose most recent books are Writing the Camp (2021) and Eating the Archive (2023), Amber Husain, whose Meat Love: An Ideology of the Flesh (2023) came out last year and poet, artist, and filmmaker Redell Olsen.
About the organisers
Based in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary University of London, the new Centre for Contemporary Writing hosts literary events, research and practice workshops, and publishes the Subtexts creative writing journal.
Whitechapel Gallery is located in the heart of London’s East-End – one of the most diverse and creative quarters in the world. Locally embedded and globally connected, the Gallery was founded in 1901 to enrich the cultural offer for the people of East London.
Their mission is to make contemporary art and ideas accessible to the widest possible audiences, and our pioneering learning and outreach programmes recognise the critical role that art can play in firing imaginations, reflecting lived experiences, and opening up new possibilities for thinking, feeling and dreaming.