{"id":1312,"date":"2024-02-18T21:36:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/?page_id=1312"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:22:56","slug":"event-report-monk-and-halsey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/event-report-monk-and-halsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldine Monk and Alan Halsey Reading \/ November 20, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1312_f70f92-e7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1312_f70f92-e7 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1312_f70f92-e7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id1312_f70f92-e7 > 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.kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1312_02c74c-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1312_02c74c-ae{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1312_02c74c-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1312_02c74c-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1312_02c74c-ae\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image1312_4a3969-1b .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1312_4a3969-1b kb-image-is-ratio-size\"><div class=\"kb-is-ratio-image kb-image-ratio-land43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey.png\" alt=\"Alan Halsey reading behind a podium looking at the audience out of frame\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey.png 936w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey-768x686.png 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey-105x94.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey-317x283.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey-423x378.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey-634x566.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Alan-Halsey-846x756.png 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,936px\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Alan Halsey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1312_3d8291-e3 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1312_3d8291-e3 kb-image-is-ratio-size\"><div class=\"kb-is-ratio-image kb-image-ratio-land43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1114\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk.png\" alt=\"Geraldine Monk reading behind a podium\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk.png 1114w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-105x79.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-317x237.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-423x317.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-634x475.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-846x633.png 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-951x712.png 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Geraldine-Monk-500x375.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1114px\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Geraldine Monk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1312_d06b66-e2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_71bcc9-9f\">Event report<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 20, 2008, English poets Geraldine Monk and Alan Halsey read to an audience of about 60 people in the Soderberg Auditorium for the sixth and penultimate event of the Fall 2008 schedule. Halsey led off the event, and read from his book <em>The Text of Shelley\u2019s Death<\/em>. Monk followed and read from her books&nbsp;Selected Poems&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ghost and Other Sonnets. Afterward, both Monk and Halsey took questions from audience members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full photoset, visit our Flickr page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thirdfactory\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1312_e296c0-8c .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1312_e296c0-8c .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1312_e296c0-8c\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1312_31b507-ce > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1312_31b507-ce > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1312_31b507-ce > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1312_586a53-9d > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1312_586a53-9d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1312_586a53-9d > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1312_586a53-9d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1312_586a53-9d{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1312_586a53-9d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1312_586a53-9d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1312_586a53-9d\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_002345-aa, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_002345-aa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_002345-aa\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_002345-aa mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_002345-aa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_002345-aa\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_002345-aa img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_002345-aa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_002345-aa\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading1312_002345-aa wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_002345-aa\">Set list<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduction by Steve Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Alan Halsey<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>four excerpts from the book The Text of Shelley\u2019s Death<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Geraldine Monk<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>the Monologues from <em>Selected Poems<\/em>, in the section titled &#8220;Out Thoughts&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chattox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demdike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mouldheels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Squintin Lizzie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>the Replies from <em>Selected Poems<\/em>, in the section titled &#8220;Out Thoughts&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne Whittle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Southern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice Nutter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katherine Hewit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Device<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>two sonnets from <em>Ghost and Other Sonnets<\/em><\/strong><br>\u201cIt started with a tryst and a twist\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLight a night light\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1312_2feb8b-f6\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1312_8e77d7-46\"] 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Do you write in the voice you read in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[In The Text of Shelley\u2019s Death], one is made to feel almost sorry for Shelley since he seems to be something of a contestable territory, whereas in the witch monologues [in Selected Poems], there is a sense of irreverence and liveliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you each write from historical sources often?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[for Halsey] How do the other mediums of art you work in affect your poetry writing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[for Monk] Do your line breaks come organically as you\u2019re writing, or do you impose them on the poem later on?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event report On November 20, 2008, English poets Geraldine Monk and Alan Halsey read to an audience of about 60 people in the Soderberg Auditorium for the sixth and penultimate event of the Fall 2008 schedule. Halsey led off the event, and read from his book The Text of Shelley\u2019s Death. 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