Winchester Poetry Festival 2025
Close Reading: Dzifa Benson
Sit with award-winning multi-disciplinary artist Dzifa Benson as she discusses with you a poem which she has found important and inspirational to her personal poetic journey.
Dzifa's chosen poem is 'Don't You Wonder, Sometimes?' by Tracy K. Smith.
Close readings are a firm favourite with the festival audience. These micro-lectures are free to attend and will take place in the ARC Space.
Dzifa Benson is an award-winning artist whose multidisciplinary practice intersects literature, science, theatre, art, the body, ritual, performance, teaching and immersive technologies. Her work has been awarded fellowships from the Jerwood Foundation and Hedgebrook, and was shortlisted for the Bridport Poetry Prize 2022 and the inaugural James Berry Poetry Prize. Her debut poetry collection, Monster, is published by Bloodaxe Books.
Suitable for: all
Duration: 0.5 hours
Format: in person micro-lecture
Access: wheelchair accessible throughout, transcript available
