Tuesdays at Tantur: What is the Jerusalem Tradition in English Literature?

About Niall McDevitt

Niall is a poet and writer. His idea of poetry is one of urban shamanism and this includes street-level studies of the poetic history of London and beyond. Niall is an influential participant in the London and UK psychogeographical movement and has collaborated with Iain Sinclair, Robert Montgomery, John Crow, Aidan Andrew Dun, Tina Richardson, Mythogeography, Max Reeves and more. Some of his work features in the anthology Urban Shamanism: A London Poetopographical. His third book Firing Slits: Jerusalem Colportage, is published by New River Press, a collection of prose poems, lyrics, epigrams and journals documenting his walks in Jerusalem/Al Quds in late 2014. Niall will read from Firing Slits Jerusalem Colportage and talk about what he calls ‘The Jerusalem Tradition in English Literature’. He blogs at: http://poetopography.wordpress.com

The Tantur Ecumenical Institute is located at the intersection of Rosmarin and Derech Hebron.

Transportation will be provided from the Notre Dame Center near New Gate by the Old City.

The bus will leave at 6:30 p.m and return at 9:00 p.m. Please RSVP at tantur@tantur.org.

Tuesdays at Tantur is a weekly event that seeks to establish a community of conversation. Co-hosted by the Tantur Ecumenical Institute and Jerusalem Global Gateway of the University of Notre Dame, the series nurtures open discussion on theological and other topics relevant to the life of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.