Is the author really dead? Consider what there is to learn from historical poets who would fall below the ethical standards of today at this workshop led by Anthony Anaxagorou.

Can you separate the poet from the poem? We know that art cannot exist in a vacuum, so when society becomes so fractured and civil unrest reaches its acme, what role does, or can, the artist play in aligning themselves with wider political and moral landscapes? In this workshop participants will consider the moral responsibility of art and see if there’s anything to learn from problematic writers, as well as questioning where our own parameters lay when it comes to accommodating the poems of racists, fascists, homophobes, and classists.