School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies

Allen Fisher : reading 'Mummers’ Strut' (2020)
Book Chapter
Thurston, S. (2020). Allen Fisher : reading 'Mummers’ Strut'. In C. Cheek, & R. Hampson (Eds.), The Allen Fisher Companion (134-162). Swindon: Shearsman Books

In 1995, Allen Fisher published a poem entitled ‘Mummers’ Strut’ in an issue of the magazine West Coast Line, accompanied by a statement of poetics. This essay offers a close reading of the poem by investigating its multiple sources alongside Fisher... Read More about Allen Fisher : reading 'Mummers’ Strut'.

Vital Signs : A Poem in Four Movements - 300 word statement (2019)
Other
Thurston, S., & Slee, S. (2019). Vital Signs : A Poem in Four Movements - 300 word statement. [Performance]

A space to tell : writing poetry in a second language (2019)
Thesis
Setia Sari, W. (2019). A space to tell : writing poetry in a second language. (Thesis). University of Salford

Distinct from the increasing interest in Research on L2 creative writing in a pedagogical context, this practice-based PhD research attempts to situate the process of writing poetry in a second language as a creative practice in its own right. This e... Read More about A space to tell : writing poetry in a second language.

“For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital (2019)
Book Chapter
Thurston, S. (2019). “For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital. In C. Madden, & J. Byrne (Eds.), The Robert Sheppard Companion (36-59). Bristol: Shearsman Books

A detailed account of early editorial pieces by Robert Sheppard (b. 1955) - a major figure in Linguistically Innovative Poetry - in his magazine Pages - laying the theoretical groundwork for a new movement in poetry. The piece also consider Sheppard'... Read More about “For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital.

We must betray our potential (2018)
Book
Thurston, S. (2018). We must betray our potential. New Mills, Derbyshire: The Red Ceilings Press

We Must Betray Our Potential In these metaphysical dialogues between the dancing and linguistic self, Thurston circles questions of being, ‘self’-presence and identity. The temporality of dance – its fleeting, unrestricted movements – and the a... Read More about We must betray our potential.

Draft Vicinity (2018)
Book
Thurston, S. (2018). Draft Vicinity. Newton-le-Willows: The Knives Forks and Spoons Press

Book of short experimental lyric poems, several of them exploring the author's ongoing interest in the relationship between dance and poetry; movement and language. Cover endorsement: “All journeys”, said Martin Buber “have secret destinations... Read More about Draft Vicinity.

Poems for the dance (2017)
Book
Thurston, S. (2017). Poems for the dance. Llangattock, Powys: Aquifer Books

Containing an essay, and poems, occasioned by the author’s engagement with Five Rhythms and other improvised dance and movement practices over more than a decade, Poems for the Dance is a multi-faceted enquiry into the relationship between poetry and... Read More about Poems for the dance.

Vital signs : poetry, movement and the writing body (2017)
Journal Article
Thurston, S., & Slee, S. (2017). Vital signs : poetry, movement and the writing body. Choreographic Practices, 8(1), 9-25. https://doi.org/10.1386/chor.8.1.9_1

This article outlines a collaborative enquiry between a dancer and a poet. It considers some past and present collaborations between poets and dancers before framing the authors’ interest in the traditions of North American Post-modern dance and Euro... Read More about Vital signs : poetry, movement and the writing body.

Contemporary innovative poetry by women in the UK : Revoicing in the work of Holly Pester, SL Mendoza and Sophie Robinson (2015)
Journal Article
Thurston, S. (2015). Contemporary innovative poetry by women in the UK : Revoicing in the work of Holly Pester, SL Mendoza and Sophie Robinson. Contemporary Women's Writing, 9(1), 53-72. https://doi.org/10.1093/cww/vpu035

Until recently women’s position on the British innovative poetry scene has been difficult to say the least, often risking being “doubly excluded,” as an anonymous writer is quoted in the introduction to Maggie O’Sullivan’s crucial 1996 anthology Out... Read More about Contemporary innovative poetry by women in the UK : Revoicing in the work of Holly Pester, SL Mendoza and Sophie Robinson.

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