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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · 11d

EVENT ALERT!!
Come, listen to exciting talks on the uses of poetry in public spaces by Prof. Claudia Benthien and our PI Assoc. Prof. @julialajtanovak.bsky.social on November 3rd at 17:00h!

The event is open to all, please register at the link: www.oeaw.ac.at/veranstaltun...

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jul 21

The collection will attend to local/national practices as well as transnational movements and aims to advance the theory and methodology of poetry performance studies. The deadline for submission is 21 November 2025. Please find the ‘Call for Submissions’ at poetryoffthepage.net/wp-content/u...

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jul 21

#CFPAlert Submissions for ‘Poetry Off the Page: International Advances in Poetry Performance Research’ now open!
This special collection of articles will be published by @openlibhums.bsky.social Journal and aims to spotlight new research on contemporary poetry performance from around the globe.

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jul 15

The Poetry Off the Page team thanks you for making the #PoPAroundtheGlobe conference such a generative experience!

Ft. Shefali Banerji, @julialajtanovak.bsky.social, Emily Poulter, Purva Dua, @clairemsp.bsky.social, Marie Krebs, Rachel Bolle-Debessay, Helen Thomas

📸: © Tsepang (Tespa) Malephane

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 20

The livestream recording is available for a limited time only so head to the link if you'd like to watch!

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 20

What? A week has passed by already?! Catch some pivotal moments from Day 1 of the Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe conference on the Literaturhaus website! Panel II: Technology and the Digital in Performance + Evening Programme, Verse On archived here: www.literaturhaus-wien.at/event/poetry...

Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe: Advances in Poetry Performance Research - Literaturhaus Wien

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Finally, thank you to all the attendees for the incredibly rich conversations and the engaged and engaging atmosphere that pervaded Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe. We hope to be hearing more from you soon!

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

A thank you also to our amazing photographer Tespa Malephane - we look forward to sharing Tespa's pictures rather than our own quick phone pics soon!

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our thanks to Literaturhaus Wien, the Department of English and American Studies, our institutional collaborators, the nine chairs, and all who enabled the event to run smoothly: PoP's administrator and organizational mastermind, Marie Krebs, along with Emily Poulter, Purva Dua, and Roberta Ghete.

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

A thank you also to our amazing photographer Tespa Malephane - we look forward to sharing Tespa's pictures rather than our own quick phone pics soon!

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our thanks to Literaturhaus Wien, the Department of English and American Studies, our institutional collaborators, the nine chairs, and all who enabled the event to run smoothly: PoP's administrator and organizational mastermind, Marie Krebs, along with Emily Poulter, Purva Dua, and Roberta Ghete.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our conference concluded with words from our convenors Shefali Banerji, Rachel Bolle-Debessay, and Julia Lajta-Novak, who reflected on the inspiring exchanges of the two days and on future avenues of collaboration to further the field of poetry performance research. Stay tuned for more info!

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our thanks to Literaturhaus Wien, the Department of English and American Studies, our institutional collaborators, the nine chairs, and all who enabled the event to run smoothly: PoP's administrator and organizational mastermind, Marie Krebs, along with Emily Poulter, Purva Dua, and Roberta Ghete.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our conference concluded with words from our convenors Shefali Banerji, Rachel Bolle-Debessay, and Julia Lajta-Novak, who reflected on the inspiring exchanges of the two days and on future avenues of collaboration to further the field of poetry performance research. Stay tuned for more info!

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our conference concluded with words from our convenors Shefali Banerji, Rachel Bolle-Debessay, and Julia Lajta-Novak, who reflected on the inspiring exchanges of the two days and on future avenues of collaboration to further the field of poetry performance research. Stay tuned for more info!

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our final two panels were Panel VIII: Performance Community, from Sacred to Secular Spaces and Panel IX: Staging Women in Poetry Performance. The first panelists were Peter Howarth, Jamie Callison, and Karen Simecek, the second set of panelists were Sheena Baharudin, Yuequin Zhai, and Lucy Collins.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Panel VI: (Non-)Translation and Multilinguality consisted of papers by Sonja Faaren Ruud, Raphael D'Abdon & Deirdre Byrne, and Eleonora Fisco. Meanwhile in Panel VII, we had the second "Poetics of Resistance in Performance" panel with Tyler Hoffman, Cara Ow, and Kalliopi Konstantinopolou.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Panel IV consisted of compelling talks by Thomas Antonic and Eunice Lee on the idea of "Anthologising Sound". In the truly parallel session (Panel V), Klara du Plessis presented on her archival work and the act of not listening and Clara Cosima Wolff spoke about Sign Language poetry.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Panel VI: (Non-)Translation and Multilinguality consisted of papers by Sonja Faaren Ruud, Raphael D'Abdon & Deirdre Byrne, and Eleonora Fisco. Meanwhile in Panel VII, we had the second "Poetics of Resistance in Performance" panel with Tyler Hoffman, Cara Ow, and Kalliopi Konstantinopolou.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Panel IV consisted of compelling talks by Thomas Antonic and Eunice Lee on the idea of "Anthologising Sound". In the truly parallel session (Panel V), Klara du Plessis presented on her archival work and the act of not listening and Clara Cosima Wolff spoke about Sign Language poetry.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 14

Starting off day 2 with Cornelia Gräbner's thought-provoking keynote titled "Pluralities of an Emerging Field: The Social and Public Poetics
of Poetry-in-Performance". Raised many impulses for conversations to be had throughout the day. #PoPAroundtheGlobe

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 16

Panel IV consisted of compelling talks by Thomas Antonic and Eunice Lee on the idea of "Anthologising Sound". In the truly parallel session (Panel V), Klara du Plessis presented on her archival work and the act of not listening and Clara Cosima Wolff spoke about Sign Language poetry.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 14

Starting off day 2 with Cornelia Gräbner's thought-provoking keynote titled "Pluralities of an Emerging Field: The Social and Public Poetics
of Poetry-in-Performance". Raised many impulses for conversations to be had throughout the day. #PoPAroundtheGlobe

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 14

Starting off day 2 with Cornelia Gräbner's thought-provoking keynote titled "Pluralities of an Emerging Field: The Social and Public Poetics
of Poetry-in-Performance". Raised many impulses for conversations to be had throughout the day. #PoPAroundtheGlobe

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Our open mic performers were Klara du Plessis (CAN), Talida Izdraila (ROU), Šarka Masáeová (CZE), and Damjana Vidicheska (MKD). The evening was hosted by our PhD researchers Claire Palzer and Shefali Banerji. What better way to end a day of thinking and talking about poetry than by hearing some!

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

We concluded the first day of #PoParoundtheGlobe with performances from poets from 8 countries. Our headliners were Shantanu Anand (IND), Raphael d'Abdon (ZAF), liz breslin (NZL), and Katharina Wenty (AUT).

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

We concluded the first day of #PoParoundtheGlobe with performances from poets from 8 countries. Our headliners were Shantanu Anand (IND), Raphael d'Abdon (ZAF), liz breslin (NZL), and Katharina Wenty (AUT).

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Cris Ortega @cris-ortega.bsky.social · Jun 13

Shantanu Anand's keynote about spoken word poetry in India at #PoPAG @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social was poetry itself!
What a delight to learn about the vibrant slam scene in India. German slam could learn a thing or two about the participatory and activist slam culture shaped by people like him

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Our first keynote was by Shantanu Anand, who shared his reflections on spoken word poetry in India, traditions and newness, resistance and joy, and poetry's home not on the page, not off the page, but in the person.

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Panel III: Poetics of Resistance in Performance - our third panel posed more questions about time, memory and visual poetics and the Brasilian poetry scene. Brilliant talks by Andrea Brady, Deirdre Osborne and Daniela Freitas.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Panel II: Technology and the Digital in Performance - this panel raised a lot of questions about the effects and ethics of various technologies and digital platforms that can be part of poetry performance. Thanks to the panelists Lucy English, Henrik Wehmeier, and Camille Dasseleer.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Panel I: Poetry Community: Behind the Scenes - three brilliant talks to open our conference. Joanna Nissel and Will May on performing mentorship, Diana Maria Talida Izdrăilă on the Romanian spoken word scene and liz breslin on performing bodies for funding in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Panel II: Technology and the Digital in Performance - this panel raised a lot of questions about the effects and ethics of various technologies and digital platforms that can be part of poetry performance. Thanks to the panelists Lucy English, Henrik Wehmeier, and Camille Dasseleer.

Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Panel I: Poetry Community: Behind the Scenes - three brilliant talks to open our conference. Joanna Nissel and Will May on performing mentorship, Diana Maria Talida Izdrăilă on the Romanian spoken word scene and liz breslin on performing bodies for funding in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

Panel I: Poetry Community: Behind the Scenes - three brilliant talks to open our conference. Joanna Nissel and Will May on performing mentorship, Diana Maria Talida Izdrăilă on the Romanian spoken word scene and liz breslin on performing bodies for funding in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 13

We're ready for the start of our two-day international conference on poetry performance research #PoParoundtheGlobe

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 6

2) “‘All your disembodied little heads floating on a screen’: Liveness During the Pandemic in Mel Bradley’s Ms Noir’s Seven Deadly Sins (2020)” by Claire Palzer: doi.org/10.16995/olh...

‘All your disembodied little heads floating on a screen’: Liveness During the Pandemic in Mel Bradley’s <em>Ms Noir’s Seven Deadly Sins</em> (2020)

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland in 2020 and the subsequent lockdowns caused a radical rupture in the world of live performances. Both theatre and poetry performance events ...

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 6

Two new publications added to the #OLHJournal Special Collection: “Poetry Off the Page: Intersecting Practices and Traditions in British Poetry Performance”

1) “Staging Intermediality and Queerness in Jasmine Gardosi’s Dancing to Music You Hate” by Shefali Banerji: doi.org/10.16995/olh...

Staging Intermediality and Queerness in Jasmine Gardosi’s <em>Dancing to Music You Hate </em>

In this article, I investigate the employment of formal fluidity and cross-arts experimentation in spoken word theatre using Irina O. Rajewsky’s (2005) framework of intermediality along with the conce...

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Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social · Jun 11

Note from organisers regarding the current events in Austria.

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