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What happens when poetry and philosophy converge? Over coffee at Leeds’ Opposite Cafe, award-winning poet Helen Mort and Professor of Philosophical Aesthetics Aaron Meskin set out to explore that very question. Their caffeine-fuelled discussions morphed into the intriguing concept behind this book: a cross-disciplinary creative dialogue in which the poet lets her imagination loose on philosophical texts and the authors of the papers respond. Like all the best coffee shop conversations, the results take unexpected turns through the art of tattooing, graffiti, Belle & Sebastian, food, rock climbing and whether there’s such a thing as bad art. So pull up a chair, and join Helen, Aaron and ten of the world’s leading philosophers of art for coffee, poetry and everything in between. “A fascinating series of exchanges that delight and inspire in equal measure, and will be of interest to anyone looking for ways to engage with the world afresh.” Marion Thain, Professor of Literature and Culture at King’s College London

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Helen Mort is a poet, novelist and lecturer in creative writing at the Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University. Her work has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Costa Award. Her first novel, Black Car Burning, is forthcoming from Chatto & Windus (April 2019) and she has also written plays, short stories and creative non-fiction. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Aaron Meskin is Professor of Philosophical Aesthetics at the University of Leeds. He works on a variety of issues in aesthetics, the philosophy of art, the philosophy of food, and philosophical psychology. Aaron is the editor and author of numerous publications including The Routledge Companion to Comics (2016). In June 2019, Aaron will become Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Georgia.

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