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SUMMARY:Diffused Eroticisms: Love\, Friendship\, and Bisexuality in the Writings of Iris Murdoch
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LOCATION:UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall\, Catonsville\, United States\, 21250
DESCRIPTION:<p>While she is pre-eminent as one of the twentieth century&rsquo\;s great novelists and philosophers\, Iris Murdoch&rsquo\;s life as a poet has languished in the shadows. Yet throughout her life she wrote\, revised and re-wrote a sizeable collection of poems\; publishing some but keeping many private and&mdash\;ultimately&mdash\;shut in a chest in her attic.</p>\n<p>Their recent discovery marks a significant literary event. Ranging over nearly six decades\, these searing\, confessional poems balance craft with playfulness\; psychological insight with Murdoch&rsquo\;s own personal feelings. As an autobiographical account\, they are unlike anything else. They shine a new light on Iris Murdoch&rsquo\;s turbulent relationships with men and women\, her decades-long marriage and extraordinary life.</p>\n<p>At this event\, Miles Leeson&mdash\;co-editor of the recently released Poems from an Attic (2026)\, a carefully edited collection of Murdoch&rsquo\;s posthumously discovered poems&mdash\;will discuss Murdoch&rsquo\;s exploration of the boundaries of poetry\, philosophy\, relationships\, and sexuality with Mark Hopwood\, UMBC faculty member and author of the book Iris Murdoch&rsquo\;s Moral Philosophy (2025). The event will include time for audience discussion and is free and open to all.</p>
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