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“I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to leave and yet somehow I’m back”
- from High Jump as Icarus Story by Gustav Parker Hibbett @tseliotprize @bansheelit > https://t.co/HDglu2u2Om
Poetry Ireland congratulates Peter Gizzi on winning the TS Eliot poetry prize for his collection 'Fierce Elegy' 👏
We'd also like to congratulate Gustav Parker Hibbett whose High Jump as Icarus Story (@bansheelit) made it onto the shortlist!
🔗https://t.co/QqtkgIA12Q
Shortlisted for the @tseliotprize this year, @gustav_parker speaks to @JamiePCameron about form, identity and their latest collection, 'High Jump as Icarus Story' (@bansheelit).
Read the full interview here: https://t.co/I3L1cu5bhw
from westerns to nuclear war, sally rooney to belfast-inflected poetry about geese, here are my top 10 books of 2024 for @RTE_Culture
https://t.co/ueuf5z1Yhc
"I spent years waiting for someone else to make me a writer. Against the advice of many, I was pursuing a risky path, so I wanted a mentor, someone to show me how to do it right. I wanted to be transformed."
@gustav_parker @tseliotprize Writers' Notes:
https://t.co/SkvPFn3wx0
Gustav Parker Hibbett (@gustav_parker) on High Jump as Icarus Story:
"Language always felt like it was made for people other than me, made to hold other viewpoints better than it held mine."
Read more in their @tseliotprize Writers’ Notes:
https://t.co/f3v6Zq7D2F
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"It is easy to feel outnumbered, drowned out, disempowered. In pushing back against this, a marginalised writer’s language must become its own critical mass, capable of holding itself up, justifying itself."
@gustav_parker @tseliotprize Writers' Notes:
https://t.co/8GhGmICLwr
"Finding my poetic compass wasn’t about shutting every single voice out; it was about figuring out which voices I wanted to listen to."
@gustav_parker @tseliotprize Writers' Notes, read here:
https://t.co/4EctoLamT4
On finding a voice: "A budding writer needs to create a space for themself where they can experiment, try on different pieces without fear of failing. For me, this kind of trust was critical. "
@gustav_parker @tseliotprize Writers' Notes, read here:
https://t.co/DD9lfVG8eW
had the pleasure of speaking to @gustav_parker & @JessicaTraynor6 of @bansheelit about gustav's wonderful debut collection 'high jump as icarus story' & their well-deserved listing for @tseliotprize. the resulting interview is up here on @RTE_Culture.
https://t.co/c2BKZBPfkZ