The Burning Haibun is a poetic form that burns away at the landscape of memory to find a distilled truth within. By considering erasure in its political context, this workshop will explore the power of the Burning Haibun and what it can reveal.

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Erasure & the Burning Haibun: Poetry Workshop
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Munira Tabassum Ahmed
Munira Tabassum Ahmed is a 19-year-old writer. Her work has been published in Frontier, Best of Australian Poems, Meanjin, Liminal, Red Room Poetry, and elsewhere. She was the 2022 Kat Muscat Fellow, 2024 WestWords Accelerator Recipient, and is currently working on her first novel.
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