Library Love - Writing the Palimpsest Poem: A Workshop by K Srilata

This introductory level workshop is meant for those who have a strong interest in poetry. Participants will learn how to build on the foundation of existing poems, phrases and lines to create a new poem. The premise is the idea of the palimpsest – an overlay of one manuscript over the other and erasures in order to create fresh material. The session will consist of a presentation, close readings of poems, the introduction of a writing exercise and writing time. Participants will be encouraged to share their work and will receive feedback both from me as well as from peers.

This will be an online workshop and I will use either zoom or google meet.

Date: 5th April 2025

Time: 9.30 am -12.30 pm

About the Offerer:

K Srilata is a poet, fiction writer, translator and academic. Her novel ‘Table for Four’ (Penguin, India) was longlisted in 2009 for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Srilata’s most recent collection of poems ‘Three Women in a Single-Room House’ was published by Sahitya Akademi in 2023. Her critically acclaimed book ‘This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story’ (Westland) documents the disability experience. Forthcoming from Westland is her collection of poems based on the Mahabharata.

Srilata’s other books include five collections of poetry and the anthologies "The Rapids of a Great River: The Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry" and "Short Fiction from South India" (OUP).

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