THE OTHER ROOM
Experimental poetry in ManchesterArchive for September, 2009
zimZalla
zimZalla is a new project intermittently releasing avant objects. The first object is Opposable Dumbs by Other Room reader Tina Darragh. This is a free ebook and is available for download at www.zimzalla.co.uk
Streetcake issue 7
The latest issue of the always interesting Streetcake magazine is out now and ready to view, featuring:
- David Barnett
- David Berridge
- Sean Burn
- Adam Fish
- Stuart Griffin
- Heller Levinson
- Wendy Muzlanova
- Andrew Rihn
- Milou Stella
- Cathy Vella
- Noel Williams
- Grzegorz Wróblewski
plus Streetcake’s combo compostion. More here.
Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry launch events
There will be a series of launch events in
2009 for the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry
(http://www.gylphi.co.uk/poetry).
The first of which will be a celebration of the journal occurring at Edge
Hill’s own celebration of its decade of poetics:
Edge Hill University
Education Building
8 October, 6.30 pm
(http://robertsheppard.blogspot.com/2009/09/going-public-autumn-2009.html)
The other two launch events will be standalone. There will be speeches and
discussion of the journal. As well as an opportunity for readers and
contributors to the journal to meet with editorial board members.
Birkbeck
University of London
Main Building (Room B29)
Malet Street WC1E 7HX
21 October, 7.30 pm
(http://www.bbk.ac.uk/maps)
University of Salford
9 December, 3 pm (tbc)
Featuring Christine Kennedy,
Allen Fisher and Ian Davidson
(http://www.salford.ac.uk/travel)
Via Anthony Levings, Managing Editor
Gylphi Limited, http://www.gylphi.co.uk
Openned promises magic
“Just type openned.com into your browser once a day for the next week and sometime soon, something magical will happen. Promise.”
damn the caesars
Volume 5 of this US magazine is out now and ready to buy, featuring, amongst others, Other Room readers Sean Bonney, Alan Halsey and Geraldine Monk and The Other Room’s very own Scott Thurston. Full list:
- Roberto Tejada
- Stephen Collis
- Margaret Konkol
- Scott Thurston
- Kemeny Babineau
- Alejandra Pizarnik translated by John Martone
- Sean Bonney
- Kaia Sand
- Alan Halsey
- Alessandro Porco
- Geraldine Monk
- Ammiel Alcalay
- Jeffery Beam
- William R. Howe
Into the Openned
We were recently interviewed by Oliver Fay for Resonance FM. The show is being broadcast on Tuesday 29th September at 11pm. You can stream the show online here at that time, or alternatively if you live in central London you can tune in to 104.4fm. We are working on archiving the recording too, so keep an eye out on the blog if you miss the show and want to listen to it.
The Argotist Online – Alex Davies
The latest Argotist Online includes LONDON§TONE by Alex Davies, a highlight from his memorable reading at The Other Room in June. Check it out here.
if p then q calls for manuscripts
The imminent issue of if p then q magazine issue 4 will be the last so that I can concentrate on doing more full length collections. I am therefore encouraging more manuscripts to be sent. Please see the lowdown at www.ifpthenq.co.uk or more specifically at http://www.ifpthenq.co.uk/contact.html for what the house style is. Replies will be reasonably quick although there is no definite time proposed.
At the moment I only publish around two/three collections a year; so please bear that in mind but I’d love to see stuff.
James
Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks
Millions more titles could be added to On Demand’s virtual inventory if Google gets federal court approval of a class-action settlement that would grant it the right to sell copyrighted books no longer being published. Google estimates it already has made digital copies of about 6 million out-of-print books.
The settlement terms includes a provision that could authorize republishing the books with a machine like the Espresso. Some of Google rivals and a long list of other critics are hoping to block the settlement, mainly because they believe it will give Google a monopoly on the digital rights to out-of-print books and make it too easy to track people’s reading preferences.
Read more HERE in the independent
Tony Trehy – The Language Moment
Steve Rawling has interviewed Tony Trehy for the BBC about The Language Moment, his proposal to develop an international language festival featuring many of the world’s leading poets, sound and media artists. This would take place in Manchester in 2012. Read more about The Language Moment on Tony’s blog, here.
Spine Issue 4
The new issue of Spine is now online, featuring work from the following writers:
- Joseph Buckley
- Zachary Chartkoff
- Alison Faulds
- Allen Fisher
- Zodwa Nyoni
- Peter Manson
More here.
Poem Talk
PoemTalk episode 22, a discussion of the twelfth poem of Anew by Louis Zukofsky: a conversation with Bob Perelman, Wystan Curnow and Charles Bernstein.
International Dictionary of Neologisms
cannibal
1. Know how to be capable of squared.
Atlanta Poets Group
2004
Read or add your own
at the LINK
A Project of Xexoxial Editions
AKA mIEKAL aND
Craig Dworkin resources
Some more resources from October video reader Craig Dworkin. Click on the links below.
Ubu Anthology of Conceptual Writing online
The Red Ceilings
Mark Cobley’s online publishing project invites submissions: “All we ask is that we like your work and that it is inventive, intriguing and unusual.”
Read more here.
onedit 14
onedit #14 is out today.
It features poems from:
Amy De’Ath
Johan de Wit
Daniel Kane
Chandler Lewis
Lissa Wolsak
A review of Kit Robinson’s Selected Poems is at:
Via Tim Atkins
London Poetry Systems
Forthcoming events in London and Oxford organised by LPS:
LP06 – Will Stopha (multimedia poetry set); Huck (PsychoFolk extraordinaire – acoustic set); Special Guest (?); LPS poetasters and AV artists (AV poetry set from Henry Stead, Jef Oswald and Guy Bingley, poems from Jay Richards). 23/09/09.
LP07 – Zan Lyons; Caroline Bird; Yo Zushi and others tbc. 24/10/09.
More details of these events, plus picture poems and more at the LPS site.
ToxicPoetry.com
“This is the first call for submissions to ToxicPoetry.com’s second exhibition. We are a newly established, independent press for experimental, international mp3 poetry. If you would like to submit, check our site for instructions (link). Additionally, you might want to check out our last exhibition (link). We hope that those seeking publication for their experimental mp3 poetry will considers us.”
