ONCA online series on diverse perspectives in eco-poetry
First event
20 May 2021
kin’d & kin’d: field fairing, with Merrie Joy Williams who is currently writing about the Wellesbourne underground river in Brighton.
onca.org.uk/2021/04/29/eco-poetry-at-o-n-c-a/
Second event
17 June 2021 6.30pm
Thinking with trees
kin’d & kin’d will present poet and academic, Jason Allen-Paisant
In his debut collection, Thinking with Trees, published in June, Allen-Paisant has followed what he describes as ‘a Caribbean tradition of weaponising language through irony, and does so as a means of challenging social, racial and spatial boundaries.’ Discover more about these concerns and hear Dr. Allen-Paisant read from his eagerly-awaited collection.
Third Event
5 October 2021 6:30pm – 8:30pm
kin’d & kin’d: field fairing – A workshop
‘I mean river as a verb. A happening. It is moving with me right now.’ – Natalie Diaz in ‘The First Water is the Body’
The third happening in field fairing, the eco-poetry series with kin’d and kin’d, a participatory online workshop. It takes the elements as a starting point and look at four poems concerned with earth, water, air and fire, from poets from diverse communities across the world, whilst exploring the notion of indigeneity in relation to the elemental.
ONCA
ONCA is a Brighton based arts charity that bridges social and environmental justice issues with creativity.