Shannon May Powell is a poet and artist whose work poses gestures of longing towards new possibilities of gender, sexuality and identity. Their work featured at the EWF, Berlin Feminist Film Festival and NY Art Book Fair. They’re a hot desk fellow at the Wheeler Centre and art director at Blindside gallery. In 2022 they published their poetry book, ‘Can we rest tonight in the amnesia of pleasure,’ with No More Poetry. Much of their work was developed at VARDA residency, California and Pocoapocco residency,Mexico where their poetry practice began mutating into ephemeral mediums of performance art.
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Writers’ Salon: Invoking Eros
Join poet, artist and somatic facilitator Shannon May Powell in exploring how pleasure and desire can unfurl on the page to enhance your storytelling.
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