Mario Petrucci: London Magazine discussion - Literature and the Sciences: Where do they meet?
Posted on: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The London Magazine discussion
Date: Saturday 13 February 2010
Time: 12.30-2pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Michael Blackburn, Mario Petrucci, Richard Tyrone-Jones
Three poets discuss the interrelationship between art and literature and the social sciences. What are the links between these seemingly polarised disciplines? Does art have any concrete influence on the social and political sciences?
Michael Blackburn is a poet and publisher. Poetry collections include The Prophecy of Christos and The Ascending Boy. Mario Petrucci is a multi-award-winning poet, he launches i tulips, his extraordinary and profoundly moving hybrid of Anglo-American modernism, in March 2010 (Enitharmon). A wide-ranging and versatile poet, writer, host, workshop leader and literary event organiser, Richard Tyrone Jones is Director of 'Utter!' spoken word events, and his first book Germline tackles issues of genetics and fertility.
From the 1700's to the present day, The London Magazine has played a vital role in the literary world. First founded in 1732, The London Magazine appeared for 53 years as a counterbalance to The Gentleman’s Magazine. Re-launched in 1820 under John Scott’s editorship, it championed the work of Wordsworth, Lamb, De Quincey and Clare, as well as the ‘Cockney School’ of poets. Welcoming the publication under John Lehmann’s editorship, T.S.Eliot saw it as “the magazine which will boldly assume the existence of a public interested in serious literature”. From Armitage to Zephaniah . . . expand your literary vocabulary. Editor Sara-Mae Tuson and associate editor Steven O’Brien intend to maintain the quality of content in a magazine renowned for publishing only the best of London's writers, artists and commentators.
Ticket Information
All events in the Literary Festival programme are free and open to all, but a ticket is required. You can request one ticket per person.
Tickets will be available to request from 2pm on Monday 25 January 2010.
Members of the public will be able to request a ticket using the online ticket request form, which will be live on this weblisting.
LSE staff and students will be able to collect a ticket from the SU Reception, located on the ground floor of the East Building.
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