Sofia Lemos

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Five Bodies (2020–21)
An online poetry series convened by  Nottingham Contemporary


Inspired by moments of unknowingness, invention, and imagination,
Five Bodies
brought together some of the most outstanding British and international poets to share experiences of contemporary poetry. The series welcomed unexpected ideas, experimental drifts, and multiple voices following a long-standing tradition in poetry writing that melds perceiving, sensing, feeling, and knowing as knowledge-making practices. Ultimately, the programme asked how language invites communion with the sensorial, social, and political bodies while considering ways of relating to one another in the digital space.


Readings by Himali Singh Soin, Ariana Reines, and Simone White


Readings by Mirene Arsanios, Lila Matsumoto, and Maureen N. McLane


Readings by Jesse Darling, Johanna Hedva, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed


Readings by Donika Kelly, James Goodwin, and Sandeep Parmar


Readings by Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Bhanu Kapil, and Nisha Ramayya
Co-curators
Dr Sarah Hayden (Nottingham Trent University) and Olivia Aherne

Contributors
Mirene Arsanios, Jesse Darling, Johanna Hedva, Bhanu Kapil, Donika Kelly, Lila Matsumoto, Maggie Nelson, Nisha Ramayya, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Ariana Reines, Himali Singh Soin, Simone White, and others.