The Modern Ghazal with Mona Arshi

Mona Arshi explores one of the oldest poetic forms, the ghazal and what happens when it is transported into an English contemporary context. She will look at the foundations and philosophy of ghazals and explore the different ways that poets across the globe are reengaging with this mercurial form using different examples from a variety of authors including Agha Shahid Ali and Mimi Khalvati, Tracy K. Smith and Australian writers such as Judith Wright and Philip Slalom.

There will be time for discussion and questions about how to read and write ghazals.