Out now on Knives Forks and Spoons.
Publications
Two new publications from Hi Zero
Hi Zero magazine number(ed) 27. On sale. Features poems/prose by Juha Virtanen, Danny Hayward, John DeWitt, Purdey Lord Kreiden, Christina Chalmers, Michael Thomas Taren, Sam Langer, Verity Spott, Timothy
Thornton, Ed Atkins, Lisa Jeschke and Florence Warner. Cover designed by Robbie Dawson, edited by Joe Luna. UK £4 incl. p+p; ROW £6.
Ten Zones by Joe Luna. 18-panel Z-fold concertina pamphlet. Designed and (ltd. number) hand-painted-on by Ed Atkins. Edition of 200. UK £6 incl. p+p; ROW £8.
Contact hizeroreadings@gmail.com to purchase and query.
David Miller special at Stride
Includes a review by James Davies of Miller’s Collected Poems Reassembling Still and an interview and tribute by Rupert Loydell
New from Oystercatcher
Peter Jaeger – ‘540493390 (research)’
Out now on Veer Books.
In the Catacombs
Opened in 1837 and inspired by the Pere Lachaise in Paris, West Norwood became known as the Millionaire’s Cemetery. But within its opulent grounds there are twelve buried names whose currency is language: these are the dead poets of West Norwood.
In the first instalment of a project to map the Magnificent Seven, Chris McCabe takes us off the main track of London writing and asks why the works of Hopkins, Tennyson and Dickinson are still read above those buried in this suburban enclave of South London. Join McCabe on the hunt for a great lost poet, as he walks the winding Gothic paths of the Cemetery and makes an unexpected discovery underground in the catacombs. The stories of those loved and dismissed by Charles Dickens are carefully uncovered; those who influenced Lewis Carroll and Winston Churchill; and those whose burial in the common ground has not been enough to silence them.
A startling and original work of literary detection, In the Catacombs is written in a hybrid form – part literary criticism, part Gothic fiction- and places West Norwood Cemetery and its dead poets back into the foreground of the London psyche.
Out now on Penned in the Margins.
On Liberty, Repressed
An Oulipian treatment of John Stuart Mill, out now on Knives Forks and Spoons.
new from NO PRESS: ULYSSES by Jacqueline Valencia
No Press is proud to announce the publication of Ulysses by Jacqueline Valencia.
Published in a limited edition of 50 copies (only 25 of which are for sale), Ulysses is available for $3.50 including domestic postage (+ $1 non-Canadian postage).
James Davies – Two Fat Boys
Out now from Knives, Forks and Spoons Press
Crabtree
Crabtree lived here and his father before him,
but neither of them built the pyramid.
40 poem chapbook by Tom Jenks, out now on The Red Ceilings.
Stephen Emmerson’s Poetry Wholes
Poet Stephen Emmerson worked with if p then q to create the incredible Poetry Wholes. This was a limited edition of 11 copies, all of which have now been sold. However they are available to use in both The Poetry Library or at The University of Buffalo Special Collections. The Poetry Wholes are made of high quality laser cut Perspex and come housed in a box with a set of instructions. Each Poetry Wholes contains 5 templates which you can use to make instantaneous poetry in a range of styles. Choose from the following:
Minimalism
The Sonnet
‘Vito Acconci’
The Ballad
The ‘Slash’
For more see IF P THEN Q
Dramatis Personae
Dramatis Personae is an ebook selection from the five collaborations written by Chris McCabe and Tom Jenks for SJ Fowler’s Camarade project between 2011 and 2013. Out now on The Argotist Online.
TYPEWRITER ART : A Modern Anthology
TYPEWRITER ART : A Modern Anthology by Barrie Tullett
176 pages, 260 illustrations
Laurence King £19.95.
The first typewriter artist to find fame was Flora F. F. Stacey, with her butterfly drawing of 1898; but since the very beginning of the typewriter’s existence, artists, designers, poets and writers have used this rigorous medium to produce an astounding range of creative work.
This beautiful book brings together some of the best examples by typewriter artists around the world. As well as key historical work from the Bauhaus, H. N. Werkman and the concrete poets, there is art by contemporary practitioners, both typewriter artists who use the keyboard as a ‘palette’ to create artworks, and artists/typographers using the form as a compositional device. The book will appeal to graphic designers, typographers, artists and illustrators, and anyone fascinated by predigital technology.
if p then q reviews round up
if p then q books operate in an interesting corner of the poetry publishing spectrum, embracing a range of experimental and ‘sound-based’ writers of differing persuasions and distinctions.
Steve Spence reviews books by David Berridge, Geof Huth, Derek Henderson, Tim Atkins, Holly Pester and P. Inman
Read more HERE
Fulcrum
Launched at the turn of the new millennium, Fulcrum: an anthology of poetry and aesthetics is a one-of-a-kind international literary annual that includes poetry, critical and philosophical essays on poetry, debates and visual art in every issue. It aims to offer an evolving map of what is most important and vibrant in the current poetic process throughout the English-speaking world, with occasional detours into other lands. Fulcrum publishes poetic and critical work of the highest quality from all regions populated by the English language and generates a global cross-talk on vital issues among poets, critics, philosophers, artists, psychologists and other humanists.
Submissions to Fulcrum will be open only during the month of May. All work should be previously unpublished.
The Rottweiler’s Guide to the Dog Owner
SJ Fowler’s The Rottweilers guide to the Dog Owner is made up of 13 different sequences or commissions, including works written for VerySmallKitchen, Zimzalla, The Enemigos project, Lush & the Wortwedding gallery and features works that call on, or celebrate, the poetry of Anselm Hollo, Tom Raworth and Jack Spicer.
The book is out now on Eyewear and will be launched on May 21st, 7pm, at the London Review of Books bookshop 4 Bury Place, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 2JL.
New reviews at Stride
Five or six new reviews at the ever growing Stride magazine including James Davies on Scott Thurston’s great new pamphlet Figure Detached, Figure Impermanent and Steve Spence on Chrissy Williams’ Epigraphs
The Internal Leg & Cutlery Preview
CONTRIBUTORS: Sean Bonney, Isolde Mayer, Kaveh Bahrami, Keston Sutherland, Frances Kruk, Peter Manson, Will Stuart, Ollie Evans, Jonty Tiplady & Ian Heames, Rachel Warriner, Julien d’Abrigeon, Josh Stanley, Irum Fazal, David Grundy, Anon, Sara Wintz, Daniel Remein, Danny Hayward, Amy De’Ath, Lisa Jeschke & David Grundy, Meg Foulkes, Lucy Beynon, Richard Owens, Adam Flint, Samantha Walton, Lila Matsumoto, Pocahontas Mildew, Patrice Luchet, Ed Luker, Joseph Persad, John DeWitt, Joe Luna, Nick-e Melville, Ryan Dobran, Kid Birdflu, Jeremy Hardingham, Sarah Hayden, Keith Tuma, Christina Chalmers, Luke Roberts, Jackqueline Frost, on Critical Documents.
Otoliths
Issue 33 of Otoliths is now online, with work from Anne Gorrick, SS Prasad, Richard Lopez & Lars Palm, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Mark Melnicove, Mark Reep, Márton Koppány, Peter Ganick, Philip Byron Oakes, Jack Galmitz, Eric Hoffman, David-Baptiste Chirot, Bob Marcacci, David Dick, Youdhisthir Maharjan, Raymond Farr, Steven Fraccaro, Heidi A. Howell, Scott Metz, A. J. Huffman, Richard J. Fleming, John M. Bennett, Les Wicks, Howie Good, Jean Vengua, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Martin Edmond, Sheila e. Black & Courtney Spohn, Sheila e. Black & Caleb Puckett, Andrew Taylor, Sophie Herxheimer & Andrew Taylor, Bobbi Lurie, Wayne Mason, Cecelia Chapman & Jeff Crouch, Diana Magallón, Mitchell Garrard, Robert McDonald, Joe Balaz, Claudio Parentela, Sara Jean Lane, Chris Ashby, Anne Elvey, bruno neiva, Lakey Comess, Maria Garcia Teutsch, Nicholas Bon, Francesco Aprile, Simon Perchik, Steve Tills, Owen Bullock, Anela Aliotis, Olivier Cans, Mark DuCharme, Sarah James, Roger Williams, Massimo Stirneri, Jeff Harrison, Alberto Vitacchio, Neil Ellman, Carla Bertola, Aditya Bahl, Cat Leonard, Anne-Marie JEANJEAN, John Pursch, sean burn, Lucy Wilks, Pete Spence, Willie Smith, Jake Goetz, Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Marcia Arrieta, Sam Langer, Susan Kachor Conlon, J. D. Nelson, nathaxn walker, Jim Eigo, Michael Brandonisio, Bob Heman, Spencer Selby, Bogdan Puslenghea, Ric Carfagna, Reijo Valta, Carey Scott Wilkerson, Katrinka Moore, & Javant Biarujia.
David Miller – Collected Poems
David Miller, one of our June readers, has had his Collected Poems just published with Shearsman
David Miller, Reassembling Still: Collected Poems, Bristol: Shearsman Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84681-331-7. 316pp. £14.95.
David Miller was born in Melbourne (Australia) in 1950, and has lived in London since 1972. His more recent publications include The Waters of Marah (Shearsman Books, 2005), The Dorothy and Benno Stories (Reality Street Editions, 2005), In the Shop of Nothing: New and Selected Poems (Harbor Mountain Press, 2007) and Black, Grey and White: A Book of Visual Sonnets (Veer Books, 2011). He has compiled British Poetry Magazines 1914-2000: A History and Bibliography of ‘Little Magazines’ (with Richard Price, The British Library / Oak Knoll Press, 2006) and edited The Lariat and Other Writings by Jaime de Angulo (Counterpoint, 2009) and The Alchemist’s Mind: a book of narrative prose by poets (Reality Street, 2012). Spiritual Letters (Series 1-5) appeared from Chax Press in 2011, and a double CD recording of David Miller reading this same work came out from LARYNX in 2012. He is also a musician and a member of the Frog Peak Music collective.
Comprising work from the early 1970s onwards, Reassembling Still is by far the largest and most comprehensive collection of David Miller’s poetry, and includes all of his poetry that he wishes to keep, with the exceptions of the ongoing Spiritual Letters project and his visual poems.
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