{"id":369,"date":"2012-01-20T00:02:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T00:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/2012\/01\/20\/meet-the-poetry-assessors\/"},"modified":"2012-01-20T00:02:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T00:02:23","slug":"meet-the-poetry-assessors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/2012\/01\/20\/meet-the-poetry-assessors\/","title":{"rendered":"meet the poetry assessors"},"content":{"rendered":"<table sizset=\"0\" sizcache=\"5\" _mce_new=\"1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody sizset=\"0\" sizcache=\"5\">\n<tr sizset=\"0\" sizcache=\"5\">\n<td sizset=\"0\" sizcache=\"5\">\n<table sizset=\"0\" sizcache=\"5\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\" cellspacing=\"7\">\n<tbody sizset=\"0\" sizcache=\"5\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-363\" alt=\"LydiaT\" src=\"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/LydiaT.jpg\" height=\"279\" width=\"235\" \/><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=237:lydia-towsey&amp;catid=34:poetry&amp;Itemid=86\">Lydia Towsey &#8211; Poet\/Performer<\/a><br \/>Lydia Towsey is the chair of the rethinkyourmind poetry assessor panel. She is a poet and performer with a Masters in Creative Writing.<br \/><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=237:lydia-towsey&amp;catid=34:poetry&amp;Itemid=86\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-364\" alt=\"Monia web\" src=\"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Monia_web.jpg\" height=\"253\" width=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=591:moniza-alvi&amp;catid=34:poetry\">Moniza Alvi &#8211; Poet\/Performer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan and grew up in Hertfordshire. After working for many years as a secondary school teacher in London, she is now a freelance writer and tutor, and lives in Wymondham, Norfolk with her husband and daughter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=591:moniza-alvi&amp;catid=34:poetry\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-365\" alt=\"jean bb scarf\" src=\"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jean_bb_scarf.png\" height=\"377\" width=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jean_bb_scarf.png 235w, https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jean_bb_scarf-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=238:gary-hodges&amp;catid=34:poetry&amp;Itemid=87\" style=\"line-height: 1.7em;\">Jean Binta Breeze &#8211; Poet\/Performer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Jean Breese stage name Jean \u2018Binta\u2019 Breeze was born in Jamaica and came to England in the 1980s.&nbsp; She is an internationally renowned poet and playwright and has shaped a voice that demands attention and response.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=238&amp;Itemid=87\" target=\"_self\">More&#8230; <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=239&amp;Itemid=104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-366\" alt=\"Adamhorovitz\" src=\"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Adamhorovitz.png\" height=\"313\" width=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=239&amp;Itemid=104\">Adam Horovitz &#8211; Poet\/Performer<\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adam Horovitz was born in London in 1971, and moved to Slad, Gloucestershire the same year. His debut collection, <em>Turning<\/em>, was released by Headland in 2011 and his most recent book, <em>A Thousand Laurie Lees<\/em>, was published by the History Press in 2014.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_self\" href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=239&amp;Itemid=104\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-367\" alt=\"Helen Ivory web\" src=\"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Helen_Ivory_web.jpg\" height=\"353\" width=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Helen_Ivory_web.jpg 235w, https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Helen_Ivory_web-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=590:helen-ivory&amp;catid=34:poetry\">Helen Ivory &#8211; Poet\/Performer<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Helen Ivory is a poet and assemblage artist. Her fourth Bloodaxe Books collection is the semi-autobiographical <em>Waiting for Bluebeard<\/em> (May 2013). She has co-edited with George Szirtes <em>In Their Own Words: Contemporary Poets on their Poetry Salt<\/em> 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=590:helen-ivory&amp;catid=34:poetry\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-368\" alt=\"Russell Thompson1\" src=\"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Russell_Thompson1.JPG\" height=\"313\" width=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Russell_Thompson1.JPG 235w, https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Russell_Thompson1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=593:russell-thompson&amp;catid=34:poetry\">Russell Thompson-Poet\/Performer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the last decade, Russell Thompson has worked for Apples and Snakes, England\u2019s leading organisation devoted specifically to the advancement of live poetry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=593:russell-thompson&amp;catid=34:poetry\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14\" alt=\"line\" src=\"http:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/line.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"67\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lydia Towsey &#8211; Poet\/PerformerLydia Towsey is the chair of the rethinkyourmind poetry assessor panel. She is a poet and performer with a Masters in Creative Writing.More&#8230; Moniza Alvi &#8211; Poet\/Performer Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan and grew up in Hertfordshire. After working for many years as a secondary school teacher in London, she is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/2012\/01\/20\/meet-the-poetry-assessors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">meet the poetry assessors<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c34-poetry-panel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/LydiaT.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rethinkyourmind.co\/newtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}