Maria Jastrzębska: on Girl Scouts, knives, and poetry

My Queer Museum

Maria Jastrzębska shares the powerful stories behind the three objects she is donating to our Queer Museum.
Polish-British poet, feminist, editor, translator and playwright, Maria has published three full-length volumes of poetry and two pamphlets. She is the co-founded Queer Writing South and South Pole.
In this interview Maria talks about being a girl scout, feminist activism and intersectionality, and the inherent queerness of poetry...
Recorded remotely on April 29, 2021
Interview by: Roni Guetta and David Sheppeard
Editing and original music by Olive Mondegreen