Snowfelt: The Invisible Landscape Masterclass
Flake, fall, flurry, and drift – pen a blizzard of new snow poems in this innovative masterclass.
Snowfelt is a course driven by the language and image of snow. The course aims to uncover, camouflage, and dig deep into the hauntings of snow and the traces it leaves on our lives.
We will explore the spectrality of snow, in its concrete and abstract form whilst paying attention to the invisible landscape of mind, body, and field. Reading materials will be informed by both prose and poetry and will include work by James Schuyler, Jenny Diski, Jorie Graham, Anna Kavan, Kathleen Jamie, Claude McKay, Timothy Liu, Masaya Saito, Mary Jo Bang to name but a few. We will work through the possibilities that snow opens up for us as readers and writers of this spellbinding force of nature.
Masterclasses are an expanded version of our International Courses, with a much deeper consideration of technical craft and critical theory. These 12-week courses (maximum 10 places) are for advanced students only, and fluency with poetic language and ideas will be assumed. There are no live chats and they are suitable for UK and International students.
Concessions & Accessibility
To apply for a concessionary rate, please send relevant documentation showing your eligibility for one of our concessions to [email protected]; conditions of eligibility are detailed here. If you have any questions, wish to be added to the waiting list of a sold-out course, or require any form of adjustment to access our courses, please email [email protected]. For more information visit our Online Courses page.
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About Agnieszka Studzinska 
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Dr Agnieszka Studzińska has a PhD in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway University of London. Her thesis explores the poetry of Carolyn Forché, Alice Notley and Mei Mei Berssenbrugge in their approach to the image of the house. She also holds an MA in Creative Writing from the UEA. Her first debut collection, Snow Calling was shortlisted for the London New Poetry Award 2010. Her second collection, What Things Are is published by Eyewear Publishing (2014). Her most recent collection is called Branches of a House (Shearsman Books 2021). She is interested in the practice of the creative critical, and all matters exploring boundaries, architectural spaces, and migration. She is currently working on her fourth collection and teaches creative writing for The Poetry School, among other educational institutions.
"The Poetry School courses have enabled me to develop my writing as part of a wider community whilst remaining in my own home"
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