Maria Jastrzębska: on Girl Scouts, knives, and poetry

My Queer Museum

English - September 16, 2021 16:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB
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Maria Jastrzębska shares the powerful stories behind the three objects she is donating to our Queer Museum.

Polish-British poet, feminist, editor, translator and playwright, Maria has published three full-length volumes of poetry and two pamphlets. She is the co-founded Queer Writing South and South Pole.

In this interview Maria talks about being a girl scout, feminist activism and intersectionality, and the inherent queerness of poetry...

Recorded remotely on April 29, 2021
Interview by: Roni Guetta and David Sheppeard
Editing and original music by Olive Mondegreen