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Maggie O'Sullivan : states of transformation (2011)
Book Chapter
Thurston, S. (2011). Maggie O'Sullivan : states of transformation. In C. Hamilton-Emery (Ed.), The Salt Companion to Maggie O'Sullivan. Salt Publishing

Maggie O’Sullivan’s work has often been linked to the concept of shamanism, through her works’ own declared interest in it as well as by commentators. Nevertheless the application of this concept constructs a view of the work as somewhat ‘othered’ in... Read More about Maggie O'Sullivan : states of transformation.

Internal rhyme (2010)
Book
Thurston, S. (2010). Internal rhyme. Exeter UK: Shearsman Books

Internal Rhyme is a sequence in four parts which continues the author’s preoccupation with time and process as compositional elements. The book also explores how meaning can change when viewed from different perspectives as each poem in the book can... Read More about Internal rhyme.

Innovative poetry in Britain today (2010)
Journal Article
Thurston, S. (2010). Innovative poetry in Britain today. Revista canaria de estudios ingleses, 15-30

Innovative Poetry in Britain has undergone considerable change in how it is published and read in recent years. This article examines Richard Caddel and Peter Quartermain’s 1998 introduction to their anthology OTHER: British and Irish Poetry since 19... Read More about Innovative poetry in Britain today.

The poet as critic, criticism as poetics: on Barrett Watten and Robert Sheppard (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Thurston, S. (2009, June). The poet as critic, criticism as poetics: on Barrett Watten and Robert Sheppard. Presented at The Critic as Artist, The Artist as Critic, University of Lancaster

This paper was delivered to the conference 'The Critic as Artist, The Artist as Critic' at Lancaster University in June 2009. It performs a critical reading of a paper given by US Language Poet Barrett Watten at the Poetry and Public Language confere... Read More about The poet as critic, criticism as poetics: on Barrett Watten and Robert Sheppard.

Allen Fisher: reading 'Mummers' Strut' (2005)
Book Chapter
Thurston, S. (2005). Allen Fisher: reading 'Mummers' Strut'. In L. Blaim, & D. Malcolm (Eds.), Eseje o wspolczesnej poezji brytyjskiej I irlandzkiej (Essays on modern British and Irish poetry) (119-134). Gdansk, Poland: Wydaw/Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego (University of Gdansk Press)

‘Need keeps the book of dying open’ : negative capability in Gil Ott’s The Whole Note
Presentation / Conference
Thurston, S. ‘Need keeps the book of dying open’ : negative capability in Gil Ott’s The Whole Note. Presented at Ambiguity and the search for meaning : English and American studies at the beginning of the 21st century (Eleventh International Conference), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

This paper was delivered at the Conference 'Ambiguity and the Search for Meaning' at the Jagiellonian University, Institute of English Philology, Krakow, Poland, April 2008. It explores the work of Gil Ott (1950-2004): poet, writer and publisher asso... Read More about ‘Need keeps the book of dying open’ : negative capability in Gil Ott’s The Whole Note.

‘I is an other’ : encountering the self as other in expressive arts practice
Presentation / Conference
Thurston, S. ‘I is an other’ : encountering the self as other in expressive arts practice. Presented at 2nd International Arts in Healthcare Event - Arts, Creativity and the Global Crisis: Reimagining Identity, Otherness and the Possible, Pratt Institute, New York, United States of America

This paper was delivered at the 2nd International Arts in Healthcare Event – Arts, Creativity and the Global Crisis: Reimagining Identity, Otherness and the Possible, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 4th-6th October 2019 In 1871, the poet Ar... Read More about ‘I is an other’ : encountering the self as other in expressive arts practice.

Terraces : a choreography
Book
Thurston, S. Terraces : a choreography. Co. Tipperary: Beir Bua press

This eighty poem sequence emerges as the latest product of my eighteen-year enquiry into the relationship between dance and poetry. I think of it as a kind of written choreography, or kinepoetics – a term I’ve adapted from the dance scholar Suzanne B... Read More about Terraces : a choreography.

Through the weather glass
Thesis
Burnett, L. Through the weather glass. (Thesis). University of Salford

This Creative Writing thesis argues for the need to rethink our understanding of climate change and focuses on the response of creative writers to this phenomenon, whilst also offering its own creative contribution. The critical component aims at art... Read More about Through the weather glass.