Bibliography: BIB39156

Key	BIB39156
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	Feeling into empathic poetry … through the prison poems of Mahvash Sabet
Journal	New Writing : The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing
Author	Geers, April-Rose
Year	2023
Date	2023
Epub date2	20220602
Issue	2
Volume	20
Abstract	In this essay, I offer a response to conclusions in affect theory that empathy inspired by the reading of a text is unlikely to result in direct action for change. I balance my understanding of empathy and activism in poetry with Lévinasian theories of ethical relationality and moral responsibility. I discuss the unique quality of a collection of prison poems by Persian poet and Bahá'í leader Mahvash Sabet, revealing her remarkable acts of compassion for her fellow prisoners. I explore how her poems awakened my own voice as a poet and an advocate, taking into account the problematic power hierarchies of geographical distance and cultural difference. Finally, I reflect on the way empathic poetry can provide a shared language capable of reaching across geographical and cultural divides.
Language	English
Keywords	SABET, MAHVASH. PRISON POEMS; POETRY; EMPATHY
URL	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14790726.2022.2076886
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/14790726.2022.2076886
Pages	204–217
Legal note	11.