On the evening of July 19th 2012, a large group of friends, family and fellow poets met in the Keynes Library, in Birkbeck college, in London’s Bloomsbury to celebrate the life and work of the British innovative poet, James Harvey.
James Harvey (1966–2012) studied biology at UCL before becoming a full-time poet in the thriving experimental and innovative poetry community in London. His interest in science, especially biology, extended into his poetry. He was fascinated by the potential of ‘science in poetry to dismantle existing structures, and then put them back together again, build them up “mechanically” while at the same time each level of complexity is acted upon equally through “the forces of nature,” questioning the integrity of the structure.’
Jeff Hilson and Holly Pester above. Full list below:
- Carol Watts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWzymLZEBLw
- Edward Carey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xwHGtrq59U
- Elizabeth McCracken http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkW7BVb5_JA
- Will Rowe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-SPcopjd3Y
- Jeff Hilson & Holly Pester http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhZcXbPPy1o
- Gavin Selerie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgL0AWEBxfY
- James Wilkes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ie6_xTo9c
- matt martin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVZosMmfRQ4
- Mendoza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mamUo4UpfQ
- Antony John & David Miller & Juliet Troy & Keith Jebb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqE-xJ2pKe8
- Stephen Mooney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiU3fizr80
- David Miller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wPxlll0Fpg
- John Gibbens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2nJWKkL7I
- Michael Zand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PoP3_dGXjM
- Justin Katko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMU5S9Az9E
- Stephen Emmerson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vZSIOK0yA0
- Peter Philpott http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWlvxCqP9c8
- SJ Fowler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiYXEshmEQk
- Elizabeth Guthrie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq30tnvMcHo
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