Dead [Women] Poets Society Blog

RESISTANCE - a Dead [Women] Poets Society zine

!!! THEY ARE HERE !!! Our zines raising funds for Sisters Uncut have arrived. It’s been a long time in the making, and we are itchy to...

A Woman is Laughing

The good folks at Hazel Press asked us to record a five-minute podcast for their blog, and we were so happy to have a chance to spotlight...

Resurrecting the Tour

We're bringing back our postponed ACE funded tour! As you'll hopefully have seen by now, the first stop is [Not] Newcastle, with Momtaza...

Thank u, next

Goodness, that was a year, wasn't it? Congratulations to all for making it to the end of 2020! We want to round-up the year and say...

Launching Origins of the Fire Emoji: Dead [Women] Poets Focus of MPT

Thanks to the phenomenal generosity of our Indiegogo supporters, this summer, Dead [Women] Poets Society guest-edited Modern Poetry in...

We're in t'North!

We're so delighted to have been featured in the latest issue of The North magazine. The majority of our team at Dead [Women] Poets...

“Well, life has been a baffled vehicle / And baffling…”: Helen Bowell resurrects Gwendolyn Brooks

Helen Bowell resurrects Gwendolyn Brooks in an adapted talk from 2018

We reached our goal! Can you help us publish even more women poets in translation?

We raised £1,500 - thank you so much! Can you help share the campaign so we can publish even more women poets in translation?

Relive our séance with Caroline Bird & Jade Cuttle at The Forum, Norwich

In February 2020, we were joined by Caroline Bird and Jade Cuttle at The Forum in lovely Norwich.

Bridget Minamore & Nina Mingya Powles resurrect Margaret Walker & Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Today, 20 July 2020, we would have been at The Poetry Café in London. We were so excited for Bridget Minamore and Nina Mingya Powles to...

Seams : Traces by Nina Mingya Powles, after Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Nina Mingya Powles has made a stunning poetry zine, Seams : Traces, in response to Korean American writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's life...

Golden Shovel for My People by Bridget Minamore, after Margaret Walker

Golden Shovel for My People by Bridget Minamore after Margaret Walker This is where it started: I have been searching for a new...

Submit your translations & help fund our editorship of Modern Poetry in Translation

We are so delighted to announce that we are teaming up with the wonderful folks at Modern Poetry in Translation to guest edit their next...

'Miss Alfred Tennyson': Rachel Mann on the gender transgressions of the Victorian poets

If the greatest poet of the mid-century, Lord Tennyson, might be called ‘Miss Alfred’, curious things were afoot for women who wished to...

Trans Day of Visibility 2020

'Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught' - Leslie Feinberg It's International Transgender Day of...

New Song by Jade Cuttle, responding to Gisèle Prassinos

We're so excited to share this bilingual (French/English) song, written and performed by the brilliant poet and songwriter Jade Cuttle....

#JoinTheVirtualSeance [Part 1]

I know the truth — give up all other truths! No need for people anywhere on earth to struggle. - Marina Tsvetaeva, 'I know the truth',...

Caroline Bird 'resurrects' Anna Wickham

The Golden Age A woman whose name escapes me was my ultimate role model growing up. What was her name? You know. You know who I’m talking...

Helen Mort on Sarah Kane

[Content warning: suicide] Sarah Kane What I sometimes mistake for ecstasy is simply the absence of grief. – ‘Crave’, Sarah Kane.’ The...

Ruth Sutoyé on June Jordan

Ruth Sutoyé responds to US poet June Jordan