Stort Poetry Group: Jeff Hilson
The Stort Poetry Group is organised by Peter Philpott and meets monthly, first Wednesday of the month, at 7.30, upstairs in Waterstone’s, South Street, Bishops Stortford. The next meeting will feature a reading by Jeff Hilson.
DEPART
Depart is the new website for Department Publications, run by Richard Barrett and Simon Howard. Henceforth Department will concentrate on the print publication of books /pamphlets.
Hobby Horse: A PUPPET PLAY FOR CABARET VOLTAIRE
Hobby Horse: A PUPPET PLAY FOR CABARET VOLTAIRE
by CHRISTINE KENNEDY
A celebration of the DADA dolls & art of
Emmy Hennings, Hannah Höch, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.
Tuesday 13 March 6pm
Digital Performance Lab
University of Salford at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays
See: http://www.salford.ac.uk/MediaCityUK/location for directions
ADMISSION FREE
SIMPLE REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED
Doors open at 6pm
Performance starts at 6.15 – latecomers will not be admitted until the interval
The performance lasts approx 30 minutes and the interval for 20 minutes
A creative practice lecture and discussion will follow the interval
Poem Talk 50: Tom Raworth
The 50th episode of PoemTalk, a discussion of Tom Raworth’s “Errory” with Marjorie Perloff, Charles Bernstein, and Michael Hennessey:
The Other Room Tonight
The English Intelligencer
“Certain Prose of ‘The English Intelligencer’ “ed. by Neil Pattison, Reitha Pattison, Luke Roberts
£6.50 / €8 / $12 | 216x138mm | 224pp
http://mountain-press.co.uk/tei.html
Selections from the correspondence, essays and ephemera circulated in the poetry worksheet ‘The English Intelligencer’ (1966-1968). Featuring previously unpublished and uncollected early prose works from writers including Andrew Crozier, John Hall, John James, Barry MacSweeney, J. H. Prynne, Peter Riley, John Temple, and many others.
Five London events
Via SJ Fowler:
March 12th Monday: Maintenant presents European poets at the Southbank Centre
Our first foray in collaboration with the Southbank centre, we present three of the finest contemporary European poets. Tickets are £8
Nikola Madzirov – http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-58-nikola-madzirov/
Tadeusz Dabrowski – http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-44-tadeusz-dabrowski/
Daniele Pantano – http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-83-daniele-pantano/
March 29th Thursday: Marton Koppany: Broked and Reduced
in collaboration with the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre http://www.bbk.ac.uk/cprc/
Venue tbc, Birkbeck College 6-7.30pm, all welcome.
“I lost my mother tongue more than thirty years ago and am still searching for it.” Hungarian visual poet MÁRTON KOPPÁNY talks about his work, and projects images.
March 31st Saturday: Maintenant: a celebration of contemporary avant-garde poetry at the rich mix arts centre
The 11th event in the Maintenant series will be a unique celebration of European avant-garde poetry, bringing Sound & Visual poets together from all over the continent in collaborative performances and a free artfair for a wholly original night of cutting edge contemporary poetry. Free facsimiles of concrete and visual poetry will be available from stalls manned by the poets and artists, while performances from the world of both poetry and music intersperse the evening. Hungarian Marton Koppany features alongside the likes of Holly Pester, Hannah Silva, David Berridge, Patrick Coyle, Tamarin Norwood, Julia Calver, Ollie Evans, Ben Morris, Mark Jackson and many others.
April 26th Thursday: Maintenant Croatia at Europe House
In collaboration with the Croatian writers association, four Croatian poets will be visiting London to read at the home of EU in London, Europe House alongside four British poets.
July 7th Saturday: Maintenant Camarade III at the rich mix arts centre
The third instalment of the Camarade series featuring original poetry read by collaborating pairs of European poets. Confirmed for the event: Richard Barrett & Jonty Tiplady, Chris McCabe & Tom Jenks, Tim Atkins & Harry Gilonis, Simon Barraclough & Isobel Dixon, Emma Bennett & Holly Pester, more to be announced.
#wave1 by Gareth Durasow
ebook A5 28pp – free, out now on The Red Ceilings Press.
Maintenant #86 – András Gerevich
Though his constitution as a poet is multi-lingual, multi-national, fundamentally cosmopolitan and reflexive, it is the definitive clarity in the work of András Gerevich which has marked him out as one of the most considerable and singular voices of his generation. From the remarkable Hungarian poetic tradition, which has continued to produce poets of individuality and conscience for hundreds of years and to this very day, Gerevich has defined himself as a resolute and powerful writer, poet and screenwriter. His work burrows into the cadences of speech, of reflection, of confession, speaking clearly from the first person, while without apology it maintains its affability of form in order to scale its ambition of content. In the 86th edition of the Maintenant series we present András Gerevich.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-86-andras-gerevich/
Accompanying the interview are five poems, translated by George Szirtes, Christopher White and David Hill.
Coracle Press
From March to November 2012 an exhibition of work by leading small press, Coracle, made during the period 1989 to 2012, will tour four UK venues. Printed in Norfolk will showcase artists’ books, poetry, critical documents, ephemera, catalogues and anthologies.
The exhibition opens in Norwich at The Gallery at Norwich University College of the Arts (formerly The Norwich Gallery) before going on to Site Gallery in Sheffield, Shandy Hall in North Yorkshire (home of the Laurence Sterne Trust) and the Saison Poetry Library on London’s Southbank.
Poet, artist and editor Simon Cutts founded, and works under the name of Coracle. A key player in UK arts and publishing since the mid 1970s, Cutts and long-term co-director Erica Van Horn have recently been based in Ireland, working internationally on Coracle exhibitions, publications and other collaborations.
Printed in Norfolk brings together works produced by Coracle during a twenty year collaboration with trade printer Crome and Akers in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Exhibition tour organiser Helen Mitchell said;
“This exhibition is the first chance for many years to see a significant body of Coracle’s work in the UK mainland. Our choice of venues, which balances two visual arts and two literary venues reflects these different aspects to Coracle’s work. ”
Each venue will host a book room as part of the exhibition, where visitors will be able sit and leaf through books. Poets whose work will be featured include John Bevis, Thomas A Clark, Simon Cutts, Harry Gilonis, Susan Howe, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Spike Hawkins, Cralan Kelder, Thomas Meyer, Stuart Mills, William Minor and Jonathan Williams.
The exhibition catalogue will be published by RGAP (Research Group for Artists Publications) and will chart the influential role Simon Cutts has played in UK and international arts and poetry since the 1960s as well as Coracle’s suite of Norfolk publications.
Printed in Norfolk is being funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Henry Moore Foundation, The Elephant Trust and Norfolk County Council.
For further information: www.printedinnorfolk.org.uk
Ira Lightman on The Verb
Friday 24th February, 10:00 PM on BBC Radio 3.
Frakture present Juxtavoices
Saturday 17th March
The Bluecoat
School Lane
Liverpool l1 3BX
Prompt: 7.30 start 5.00 / 3.00
Juxtavoices is a large antichoir which includes many familiar faces from Sheffield’s leftfield music, poetry and visual arts scene. Although the group performs structured scores, no fixed pitches are ever notated, and the group uses improvisation to shape the detail of the scores as the music progresses. Both trained and untrained voices are included. As well as playing normal concerts, the group is to be found in various unexpected public places and at poetry / text events. A Discus CD is planned for 2012. Always on the look out for new members.
The Sonnet in Modern Times
The Sonnet in Modern Times
Tutor: James Davies
Location: Manchester
Venue: Friends’ Meeting House
Day / Time: Thursdays 7 – 9pm
Duration: 5 weeks
Start Date: 26 April
Price: £63, £50, £38
Level: intermediate
The Sonnet has proved to be the most popular form of poetry over the last 500 years or so. The twentieth and twenty-first century has seen the form reinvented time and time again in staggering ways which suggests there are no end to the possibilities it has to offer. On this course we will explore the form’s malleability and range. By reading the key sonnets of modern and contemporary times, whilst considering the sonnet’s heritage, you will imagine new ways of writing your own 14 liners.
This and other courses are available in the Poetry School’s Summer 2012 programme.
The Ofi Press Magazine
An online magazine of international poetry and fiction from Mexico City edited by Jack Little. Issue 14 out now.
New from Oystercatcher
New from Oystercatcher.
Cloud Breaking Sun by John James
A5 32pp ISBN:978-1-905885-51-0
When blue light falls 3 by Carol Watts
A5 20pp ISBN:978-1-905885-50-3
£5 each inc. UK postage.
Cheques payable to P. Hughes (4 Coastguard Cottages, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk PE36 6EL)
or order via Paypal through the website www.oystercatcherpress.com
Hidden Agendas: Unreported Poetics
Hidden Agendas: Unreported Poetics is now online in a PDF format at issuu.com/litteraria. It contains a slection of writings on Edwin Denby, Mark Hyatt, Bern Porter, Asa Benveniste, Lukáš Tomin, William Bronk, Gilbert Sorrentino, Robbie Walker, Bob Cobbing, Paddy Roe, Philip Whalen, Loop Poetics, Cyberpoetics, Flarf and other poets and poetics from the 1960s to the present that/who might be considered ”neglected” in some way. Contributors: Ali Alizadeh, Louis Armand, Livio Beloi, Jeremy Davies, Stephan Delbos, Michel Delville, Johanna Drucker, Michael Farrel, Allen Fisher, Vincent Katz, Stephen Muecke, Jena Osman, Michael Rothenberg, Lou Rowan, Kyle Schlesinger, Robert Shepperd, Stephanie Strickland, John Wilkinson. Can also be got in hardcopy from the publisher, Litteraria Pragensia Books in Prague.
Via Vlak Magazine
Critical Documents: three books
*We Are Real: A History* (2012) by Colleen Hind & Pocahontas Mildew – £3 / €5 / $6 – containing “Squick” (Love in a Time of Hollering) & “Trigger Warning” (Precision Riot Mirror) – written 2008 to 2011 – http://plantarchy.us/real.html
Frances Kruk’s *A Discourse on Vegetation & Motion* (2008 / reprinted 2012) – £3 / €5 / $6 – “today is Throat Seal Liquid” – “today I occupy Shidane Arone” – http://plantarchy.us/a-discourse.html
Francis Crot’s *Xena Warrior Princess: The Seven Curses* (2008 / reprinted 2012) – £6 / €8 / $11 – Annotations by Nour Mobarak – Stephen Rodefer: “Not since William Burroughs met the pubescent Leonardo DiCaprio has literary lunch been this naked and succulent.” – http://plantarchy.us/seven-curses.html
Peter Jaeger at Edge Hill
Tuesday, 28th February 2012, 7:30pm
The Rose Theatre, Edge Hill University
Edge Hill’s Creative Writing Department present
An Evening with Canadian poet, Peter Jaeger, at the Rose Theatre.
Tickets £4.00 all
Peter Jaeger is a Canadian poet, literary critic and text-based artist now living in the UK. He is the author of five books of poetry, including Rapid Eye Movement (2009) and The Persons (2011). He has recently collaborated with the video artist Kaz to produce the film Nozomi, which was exhibited at the Bury Text Festival in 2011, and he is currently
working on a critical monograph on John Cage. Peter uses found texts to write through the words of others: those protagonists who have animated his imagination and left their traces in newspapers, emails, diaries, books (from literature to philosophy), and in all the countless ephemera with which the externalised inner drama of our lives plays out.
Peter Jaeger teaches poetry and literary theory at Roehampton University, in London. http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/Peter-Jaeger/
His work includes the poetry collections Power Lawn (1999), Eckhart Cars (2004), and Prop (2007), as well as a critical study on contemporary poetics, entitled ABC of Reading TRG: Steve McCaffery, bpNichol, and the Toronto Research Group (2000). He currently divides his time between London and rural Somerset, where he lives with his family.
Recent book from Reality Street: Rapid Eye Movement follows a strict constraint: two bands of text run continuously throughout the book. The top band consists entirely of fragmented dream narratives recorded by historical and contemporary dreamers, while the lower band juxtaposes found material which includes the word “dream.” No two sentences taken from the same source follow each other. As an investigation of the sign “dream” across a number of social discourses, including literature, psychoanalysis, advertising, popular culture, song lyrics, philosophy and
religious literature, Rapid Eye Movement presents a record of our culture dreaming.
“Jaeger dreams of the day when forestry operations can use balloon-based, skidding devices that float above the treetops and winch trees out of the forest without damaging the woodland floor. Jaeger dreams up some interesting shots. Jaeger dreams of peace. His book of dreams is not too different from a hope chest. His dreams are getting better all the time.
His dreams are coming true.”
Christian Bök
Members of the Edge Hill Poetry and Poetics Research group will be reading as a warm-up.
Songs for My Grandmother
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