Maintenant #41 – Jón Örn Loðmfjörð

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The poetry of Jón Örn Loðmfjörð can be quixotic, even caustic, yet he is undoubtedly a poet so utterly without pretension, with such an indelible sense of humour and a violent sense of satire, that we cannot help but feel reassured that poetry as a medium for criticism is alive and well in his hands. Moreover his is a poetry with a voice that is far more sophisticated than mere polemicism. The paradox is that he is hardly an optimistic poet in manner or guise, but yet the feeling we are left with is one of urbane rigour and integrity. The final poet to be featured in the Maintenant series who participated in our exceptional Icelandic reading program in November 2010, the work of Jón Örn Loðmfjörð was a revelation to all who witnessed it read in the Icelandic embassy and the Rich mix centre. In a typically frank interview we are extremely proud to present Jón Örn Loðmfjörð as the 41st edition of Maintenant

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-41-jon-orn-lo%C3%B0mfjor%C3%B0/

Accompanying the interview are five of his poems.

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/five-poems-jon-orn-lo%C3%B0mfor%C3%B0/

 

Maintenant is a series of interviews with European poets by Steven Fowler, presented with selection of each poet’s work. Catch up with the previous ten below:

The accompanying poetry for each poet can be found at www.maintenant.co.uk

The Other Room 20 and 21: recordings now available

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Recordings of The Other Room’s launch event for Poems of the Millennium Volume 3 with Allen Fisher, Maggie O’Sullivan, Jeffrey C. Robinson, Jerome Rothenberg and others and The Other Room 21, with Neil Addison and Louise Woodcock.

The Other Room 20, October 19th 2010. Launch event for Poems for the Millennium Volume 3.

Allen Fisher

Maggie O’Sullivan

Jerome Rothenberg

Readings from Poems for the Millennium Volume 3
James Davies, Allen Fisher, Tom Jenks, Maggie O’Sullivan, Jeffrey C. Robinson, Jerome Rothenberg, Scott Thurston

The Other Room 21, 1st December 2010

Neil Addison
(audio only)

Louise Woodcock

Reality Street Supporter Scheme 2011

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Via Ken Edwards:

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  • James Davies: Plants
  • Leopold Haas: The Raft
  • Richard Makin: Dwelling
  • Carol Watts: Occasionals
  • Johan de Wit: Gero Nimo
(Subject to final confirmation and not necessarily in that order)

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» Maintenant #40 – Sergej Timofejev

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One of the most adventurous and groundbreaking poets in the Baltic, Latvia’s Sergej Timofejev is a fundamental part of the radical reconfiguration of his nation’s poetic culture and landscape in the last few decades. A urbane, grounded, naturalistic stylist, the power of his poetry has allowed him to implement numerous innovations in a region associated with formalism. Experiments with poetry and music / art installations / performance / video & even computer games, have seen his popularity soar in Latvia, though he remains a poet writing in the Russian language. In the 40th edition of Maintenant, Sergej Timofejev discusses the influence of Western culture, the healthy state of Latvian poetry and the reward of poetic collaborative innovation.

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-40-sergej-timofejev/

Accompanying the interview are five of his poems.

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/five-poems-sergej-timofejev/