Jorie Graham

DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE GOING AHEAD. JORIE AND CARCANET ARE DEEPLY SORRY TO HAVE TO CANCEL.

A rare chance to see one of America’s most acclaimed living poets Jorie Graham, performing work from her powerful collections, Killing Spree and To 2040. Across these urgent and deeply engaging poems, Jorie reflects on some of the most acute challenges today – from climate change and technology to political conflict and the future of our shared humanity.

Unflinching yet profoundly hopeful, her poems explore how we remain vigilant and connected in times of uncertainty and how the human spirit, imagination and love helps us to endure.

This is a unique opportunity to see one of today’s most influential poets perform in the intimate and atmospheric Manchester Museum.

'Killing Spree... is one of the few books of poetry that register the profound struggle of consciousness in our damaged world.' New York Times

Co-presented with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester.

Jorie Graham is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the Laurel Prize. Her numerous and acclaimed collections include To 2040, [To] the Last [Be] Human, Runaway, FAST, Never and Sea Change. Born in New York City, Jorie was raised and educated in Italy and France and is now based in Iowa.

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