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(BA, Oberlin College, USA; MA, UEA) Patricia has published four books of poetry, a novel and numerous poems and short stories in anthologies and journals as well as online. Some of her poems have been set for solo voice and she has also translated and adapted texts to create libretti for chamber opera and small ensembles. She is a founding member of the publishing collective WordAid, and in 2007/08 she was the first Canterbury Laureate. Since then she has delivered readings and led number of interdisciplinary writing projects, mainly in collaboration with city and local councils, universities, the Canterbury Festival and the Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival. She has taught creative writing for over 25 years across all levels and stages: for Arvon, adult education, in prisons and in schools. At Kent she particularly relishes teaching prose poetry and translation. She lives near Cambridge with her composer partner and their two nearly-grown children. Please click here to read a review of Patricia's new collection Baby. |
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Address
Office: NC 35a (Rutherford Extension)
School of English
Publications
Also view these in the Kent Academic Repository
Book
Debney, P. (2016). Baby. Wales, UK: Liquorice Fish Books.
Debney, P. (2013). Littoral. Shearsman Books.
A year after her young son's diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes, Patricia Debney spent six weeks writing in a beach hut on the North Kent coast. From the often bleak, always shifting winds and seas, prose poems of loss and love emerged.
Debney, P. (2007). Losing You. bluechrome.
Edited book
Debney, P. and Kahawatte, J. eds. (2011). Slantways: An Anthology of Prose Poems. Categorical Books.
prose poems collected in aid of JDRF for the WordAid publishing collective
Book section
Debney, P. (2015). Dream 1 (reprint). In: Berry, E. and Lumsden, R. eds. The Best British Poetry 2015. Cromer, UK: Salt, pp. 30-30.
Anthologised poem.
Debney, P. (2015). Hummingbird. In: Craig, A. ed. past Tense. Wales Uk: Liquorice Fish Books, pp. 7-7.
Prose poem.
Debney, P. (2015). Armour of Light. In: Tears in the Fence. Dorset, UK: Tears in the Fence, pp. 13-18.
A long poem.
Debney, P. (2014). Dream 1. In: Lehane, D. ed. Litmus. Litmus Publishing, pp. 0-0.
Poem
Debney, P. (2014). Onshore Wind. In: Skinner, R. ed. #1 Poetry Anthology. Vanguard Editions, pp. 0-0.
Prose poem
Debney, P. (2013). Whitstable Spit. In: The Forward Book of Poetry 2014. Faber & Faber, pp. 0-0.
Highly Commended prose poem
Debney, P. (2013). Four poems in Shearsman Magazine: 'Things You've Said to Me Which I Still Have Doubts About'; 'Things Which Had I Stopped to Consider - Really Consider - Or if I'd been Older - Might Have Been Clues'; 'Things I Now Know to Be True'; 'Things I Now Know to Be Untrue'. In: Corcoran, K. ed. Shearsman Magazine. Shearsman Books, pp. 54-55.
four prose poems
Debney, P. (2013). Five poems in Envoi: 'January'; 'Tears'; 'Rain at Night'; 'Admonition'; 'Excision'. In: Cinnamon Press, p. .-.
five prose poems
Debney, P. (2012). Writing the Prose Poem. In: Walker, E. ed. Teaching Creative Writing: Practical Approaches. The Professional and Higher Partnership.
exercise and writing suggestions
Debney, P. (2012). What We Did. In: Salway, S. ed. Wise Words: The Canterbury Laureate Anthology. Categorical Books.
Interview with Canterbury Laureate Sarah Salway
Debney, P. (2012). Five poems in Shearsman Magazine. In: Shearsman Magazine. Shearsman Books, pp. 64-65.
five prose poems
Debney, P. (2012). Put it on a postcard: capturing the poetic moment in prose. In: Walker, E. ed. Teaching Creative Writing. The Professional and Higher Partnership Ltd, pp. 107-110.
A creative writing exercise about prose poetry.
Debney, P. (2008). Introduction. In: Debney, P. ed. Entirely New: Writing Produced under the Canterbury Laureate Programme 2007-2008. Canterbury City Council.
Debney, P. (2006). After Last Night's Rain. In: Tales of the Decongested. London: Apis Books, p. .-.
flash fiction
Debney, P. (2006). Welsh Poppy. In: The Forward Book of Poetry 2007. Faber & Faber, p. .-.
Highly Commended prose poem
Debney, P. (2005). Untitled. In: Sentence: A Journal of Prose Poetics. Texas USA: Firewheel Editions.
prose poem
Article
Debney, P. (2013). Never Rains but It Pours. balance .:16.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2013). Rising Tide. The Sunday Times:0-0.
prose poem
Debney, P. (2012). Edge-Walking. balance .:16.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2012). The Big Picture. balance .:21.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2012). It's Fine. balance .:14.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2012). Two prose poems Frazer, T. ed. Shearsman 91 & 92 [Magazine]. Available at: http://www.shearsman.com/ws-public/uploads/223_shearsman_magazine_issue_91_and_92.pdf.
Published in Shearsman 91 & 92 Summer 2012 edtion.
Debney, P. (2012). What They Carry. balance .:14.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2012). Exam Time. balance .:14.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2012). A New Era. balance .:18.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2011). Family Matters. balance .:22.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2011). Six poems in Envoi. Envoi [Magazine].
Debney, P. (2011). Family Matters. balance .:26.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2011). Testing the System. balance .:26.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2011). Family Matters. balance .:22.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2011). Family Matters. balance .:22.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2010). Luckier Than Most. balance .:53-54.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2010). What People Say. balance .:12.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2010). The Rough with the Smooth. balance .:12.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2010). Each Finds a Way. balance .:12.
memoir column about living with type 1 diabetes in the family
Debney, P. (2007). Over Here: Being an American Writer and Educator in the UK. Over Here: Being and American Writers and Educator in the UK:0-0.
Conference or workshop item
Debney, P. (2015). The feasibility of defining the prose poem: how can you teach what you don't know?. In: NAWE Conference 2015.
Paper delivered to the NAWE conference in 2015 -- about the process of teaching the prose poem to advanced students.
Debney, P. (2011). Writing Prose Poetry. In: NAWE Annual Conference.
Paper and workshop exploring the writing of the prose poem -- what is it, how do we write it? -- alongside doing it -- what do we produce? how do we know if it's a prose poem?
Debney, P. (2011). Glass Houses. In: Poetry and Higher Education.
an investigation of the place of poetry within the public engagement agenda in HE
Debney, P. (2010). Mapping Difference. In: Poetry and Voice.
A paper investigating the shift in my creative work resulting from my son't diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
Debney, P. (2010). Rocking the Boat. In: NAWE Annual Conference.
Paper exploring my residency in the beach hut in Tankerton, and the subsequent production of work relating to the coast.
Internet publication
Debney, P. (2016). The People Either Side of You Who Have Families That Visit and Furniture in Their Apartments, I Meet the People Either Side of Your Who Have Families That Visit and Furniture in Their Apartments, What I Might Say to the People Either Side of You Who Have Families That Visit and Furniture in Their Apartments [Internet]. Available at: http://www.theharlequin.org/.
Three poems.
Debney, P. (2016). Writing 'Baby' [Internet]. Available at: http://www.cinnamonpress.com/index.php/blog/entry/baby.
A blogpost about the writing process and origins of my book 'Baby'.
Debney, P. and Gaffield, N. (2015). Four Ghazals for Tony Frazer [Internet]. Available at: http://tonyfrazer.weebly.com/nancy-gaffield--patricia-debney.html.
Part of the Festschrift celebrating Tony Frazer's contribution to contemporary poetry.
Other
Debney, P. (2014). 'Ma'Sensing Spaces: Wandering Words. [book]. Available at: http://www.ekphrasis.org.uk.
Ekphrastic poems written in response to the Royal Academy of Art Exhibition 'Sensing Spaces'
Kent students, a and Kent staff, a (2010). Short Stories on the Buses Debney, P. ed. [Posters on buses].
co-editor of flash fiction pieces from UKent staff and students. Displayed on UNI buses.
Kent students, M. (2009). Poetry on the Buses Debney, P. ed. [Posters on buses].
co-editor of poems produced by MA in Creative Writing students. Displayed on UNI buses.
Kent students, M. (2008). Labyrinth Exhibition Debney, P. ed. [Posters in exhibit].
Co-editor of poems produced by MA in Creative Writing students based on Labyrinth workshop. Poems exhibited alongside indoor public labyrinth for the Canterbury Festival.
Debney, P. (2008). Christmas Haiku. [Greeting card].
Performance
Debney, P. (2015). Five Poems for the 50th. [Composition].
Debney, P. (2013). Pride of Britain Poem. [Television]. ITV. Available at: https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/pride-of-britain-awards/series-14/episode-1-the-daily-mirror-pride-of-britain-awards.
Introductory poem for the annual ITV series Pride of Britain.
Debney, P. and Gaffield, N. (2012). Four Ghazals. [Live performance/spoken word].
Four ghazals written for performance with the improvisation group Common Objects, performed in the Sounds New Festival in May 2012. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 later in the year.
Gaffield, N. and Debney, P. (2012). Common Objects: Four Ghazals. [Live performance].
Review
Debney, P. (2014). Review of Carrie Etter's Imagined Sons. The Shearsman Review [Online]:0-0. Available at: http://www.shearsman.com/ws-blog/post/590-carrie-etter--imagined-sons.
Thesis
Crewe, S. (2017). Working Class women's Psychogeography in Experimental Poetry: The Work of Geraldine Monk and Maggie O'Sullivan.
Abstract | View in KAR | View Full Text
This thesis aims to examine the poetry of the aforementioned writers in the context of both social class and location. Due attention is given to Monk's Interregnum and Noctivagations, and O'Sullivan's Waterfalls and Divisions of Labour, through the lens of the authors as working class women. The accompanying creative sequence aims to apply the same principles of working class women's psychogeography to my own work, through both Monk and O'Sullivan's methods of giving voice to the "unsaid" and "unseen" realm of the "Other" in innovative poetry.
Crewe, S. (2017). Working Class women's Psychogeography in Experimental Poetry: The Work of Geraldine Monk and Maggie O'Sullivan & Floss.
Abstract | View in KAR | View Full Text
This thesis aims to examine the poetry of the aforementioned writers in the context of both social class and the locations that arise from this demograph. Due attention is given to Monk's Interregnum and Noctivagations, and O'Sullivan's Waterfalls and Divisions of Labour, through the lens of the authors as working class women. The accompanying creative sequence aims to apply the same principles of working class women's psychogeography to my own work, through both Monk and O'Sullivan's methods of giving voice to the "unsaid" and "unseen" in innovative poetry.
Teaching
During the academic year 2016/17 Patricia will be teaching on:
- EN674 Contemporary Poetry: Tradition and Innovation (Stage 2)
- EN686 Contemporary Poetry: Context and Innovation (Stage 2)
- EN664 Wrestling with Angels: Writing the Prose Poem (Stage 3)
- EN812 Creative Writing Project (postgraduate)
Research supervision
Patricia is interested in supervising research in the following areas of creative writing: the prose poem, the short story, the short novel/novella, and autobiographical writing.