New issue of the continually excellent online magazine featuring Other Roomees James Davies, Richard Barrett, Iain Morrison, Nat Raha, Steve Waling and many more.
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Nat Raha
de/compositions by Nat Raha
Now available from enjoy your homes press.
Strikes, seascapes, teen revivals, queer transfeminist dreaming in the hours of the emergency.
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Zarf reading in Leeds – Raha, Dawson & Linklater
Zarf magazine presents (the second Zarf reading in Leeds) –
P O E T R Y (and similar)
readings by
NAT RAHA
and
GLORIA DAWSON
and
JAZMINE LINKLATER
Nat Raha is a poet and trans / queer activist, living in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Her poetry includes two collections: countersonnets
(Contraband Books, 2013), and Octet (Veer Books, 2010); and numerous
pamphlets including ‘£/€xtinctions’ (Sociopathetic Distro, 2017), ‘[of
sirens / body & faultlines]’ (Veer Books, 2015), and ‘mute exterior
intimate’ (Oystercatcher Press, 2013). She’s performed and published
her work internationally. She is undertaking a PhD in Creative &
Critical Writing at the University of Sussex. Nat’s essay titled
‘Transfeminine Brokenness, Radical Transfeminism’ is due for
publication in the South Atlantic Quarterly this spring, and she has
recently started working with Scottish PEN on the Many Voices project.
Jazmine Linklater is a poet based up north, currently studying towards
her MA at Salford. Work can be found in Datableed; The Literateur;
Paratext; Zarf. Work is forthcoming in Epizootics!
http://jjhlinklater.blogspot.co.uk/
Gloria Dawson writes poetry, essays, and work for performance, and is
recently published in Zarf, Datableed and The Literateur. Her work has
been shown at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and is anthologised in
Remembering Oluwale (Valley Press, 2016). She lives in and interferes
with Leeds. http://cargocollective.com/gloriadawson
Wharf Chambers (downstairs)
7 for 7.30, finish 9pm
FREE but donations for poet costs are welcome and there will be a
book, pamphlet, zine and whatever else table!
NOTE: Wharf Chambers is a members’ co-operative, You do not need to be
a member or guest of a member to attend this event UNLESS you wish to
buy things the bar. Joining is £1, takes 48hrs to process and is very
much encouraged.
Electric Arc Furnace #3, with Nat Raha and Eley Williams
A new poetry reading series, in the centre of Sheffield, between the seven hills. Innovative poetries from the South Yorks hinterlands & further-flung.
Eley Williams is co-editor of fiction at 3:AM magazine with prose in Ambit, Night & Day, Structo and The White Review. Her collection Attrib. and Other Stories (Influx, 2017) was chosen by Ali Smith amongst ‘the best of debut fiction’ for this year’s Cambridge Literary Festival. She has a small book of poetry, ‘Frit’, forthcoming from Sad Press.
Nat Raha is a poet and trans / queer activist, living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her poetry includes two collections: countersonnets (Contraband Books, 2013), and Octet (Veer Books, 2010); and numerous pamphlets including ‘£/€xtinctions’ (Sociopathetic Distro, 2017), ‘[of sirens / body & faultlines]’ (Veer Books, 2015), and ‘mute exterior intimate’ (Oystercatcher Press, 2013). She’s performed and published her work internationally. She is undertaking a PhD in Creative & Critical Writing at the University of Sussex. Nat’s essay titled ‘Transfeminine Brokenness, Radical Transfeminism’ is due for publication in the South Atlantic Quarterly this spring, and she has recently started working with Scottish PEN on the Many Voices project.
Readings take place at La Biblioteka, 70 Pinstone Street, Sheffield. S1 2HP, Sheffield City Centre. BYOB. Doors 7pm. £4 waged / £3 unwaged / pay what you can. Proceeds to poets. All very welcome.
Lullabies and Curses
Lullabies and Curses: Common Rest Launch Party
The Peckham Pelican
92 Peckham Road, SE15 5PY London, United Kingdom
Thursday, December 1 at 7 PM – 11 PM
Come and be sung SONGS OF THE DARK
Please join us for the launch of ‘Common Rest’, a collaborative album of sound works and lullabies with an accompanying book of poems by Holly Pester.
Doors at 7
Performances from 7:30
READINGS, PERFORMANCES, SONGS and SPELLS by
Nat Raha
Verity Spott
Holly Pester
Linda Stupart
Vera Rodriguez
Mrylyn Tan
Jenny Moore
The project includes contributions by Emma Bennett, Vahni Capildeo, Jenny Moore, Nat Raha, Vera Rodriguez, Verity Spott and Claire Tolan. You can read more about the release on our website here: http://testcentre.org.uk/product/common-rest/
Cardiff Poetry Experiment – Nat Raha, Jon Goodby, Aron Jones
The ext Cardiff Poetry Experiment, featuring
NAT RAHA
JOHN GOODBY
ARON JONES
FRIDAY 4th DECEMBER
At Waterloo Teahouse in the Wyndham Arcade (Cardiff City Centre, CF10 1FH)
Doors open at 7pm, readings promptly at 7:30pm
Free admission, accompanied by tea, cake and discussions
Vlak and Richard Makin launches
DATE: Sunday, 24 May
TIME: 19:00–22:00
VENUE: Power Lunches
ADDRESS: 446 Kingsland Road, Hackney, London, E8 4AE
An evening of readings/performances hosted by VLAK magazine to mark the launch of VLAK 5, featuring Lou Rowan, Stewart Home, Jim Ruland, Ulli Freer, Becky Cremin, Sean Bonney, Will Rowe, Louis Armand, David Vichnar, Nat Raha, Tim Atkins, Jeff Hilson and more.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Launch of Richard Makin’s new novel, MOURNING (published by Equus Press, 2015).
Word’s Work
27 April, 19:00–22:00.& Model, 19 East Parade, Leeds, LS1 2BH.
Five diverse writers from UK and Ireland are brought together to read and perform previously published essays, poetry and sound works on the top floor of &Model gallery in Leeds.
Published and artist-published books, zines and audio will be on display and for sale during the evening with readings and performances by
Amy Cutler (Leeds),
Stephen Emmerson (London),
Megan Nolan (Dublin),
Nat Raha (London) and
Nathan Walker (York).
Free Entry and Donations Bar.
Word’s Work is organised by Matt Cole, Chris Stephenson and Claire Potter.
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Amy Cutler is a writer, curator and post doctoral fellow at the University of Leeds where she researches environmental history, historical geography, and modern British poetry. Amy is also the co-founder of the award winning cultural film program PASSENGER FILMS. amycutler.wordpress.com
Stephen Emmerson’s current practice investigates, space, performance, and the placebo effect. His collections include: ‘A never ending poem…’ (Zimzalla) ‘Telegraphic Transcriptions’ (Dept Press / Stranger Press), ‘No Ideas but in Things’ (Dark Windows Press), ‘Stephen Emmerson’s Poetry Wholes’ (If P then Q), and ‘Letters to Verlaine (Deep White Sound). His work has been exhibited at Albion, The Dark Would, Visual Poetics at the South Bank Centre, Pharmacopoetics, Farringdon Factory, Illuminations, and Lorem Ipsum. stephenemmerson.wordpress.com
Megan Nolan is based in Dublin, where she has written poetry, stand up comedy, and freelance journalism. She is currently focused on creative non-fiction and the confessional essay. Megan recently participated in Morgan Quintance’s radio show ‘Studio Visit’ at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, due to be broadcast on Resonance FM this summer. megannolanwriting.tumblr.com
Nat Raha lives in South London. Her poetry includes countersonnets (Contraband Books, 2013) and Octet (Veer Books, 2010) and pamphlets including ‘radio / threat’ (sociopathetic distribution, 2014) and ‘mute exterior intimate’ (Oystercatcher Press, 2013). Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Tripwire, Elderly, Materials and Cordite Poetry Review, and has performed her work internationally. She’s currently undertaking a PhD on Marxism, queer theory and contemporary poetry at the University of Sussex, UK. sociopatheticsemaphores.blogspot.co.uk
Nathan Walker is an artist, curator and writer. His work investigates writing and speaking in and as performance. Primarily working in the fields of performance and action art, Nathan’s works explores expanded concepts of writing, including durational writing and sound poetry. His work also extends into online projects that consider the event of performance in electronic poetry. Alongside artist Victoria Gray he is co-director of Oui Performance an artist-led organisation dedicated to research and presentation of performance art.
nathan-walker.co.uk
Nat Raha – The Other Room interview series
Nat Raha: mute exterior intimate
Adrian Slatcher reviews The Other Room 36 – Alec Newman, Nata Raha and Seekers of Lice
Even though the Other Room frequently features three performers from the more experimental end of the poetry spectrum,
its rare that you can find more than cursory connections between them. On the surface, Alec Newman, Nat Raha and Seekers of Lice (actually a solo artist, called, I think, Anne), hadn’t much in common either but coincidentally all read sequences, and had some element of the improvisational in work that was otherwise very structured.
The Other Room tonight
Nat Raha: a preview
Photo credit: Georgie Lord
Nat Raha will perform at The Other Room on Wednesday 5th December, at the Castle Hotel, Oldham Street, Manchester. 7 PM start. Free entry. The other performers are Seekers of Lice and Alec Newman.
Bio.
Nat Raha lives in London. Her poetry includes ‘polemics for loudhailer’ (in Viersomes 001, Veer Books 2012), Octet (Veer 2010), countersonnets (Contraband, forthcoming), and is included in Better than Language: An Anthology of New Modernist Poetries (ed. Chris Goode, Ganzfeld, 2011). Her work has recently appeared in Angel Exhaust, Damn the Caesars, M58, Supernormal zine and Inside My Head My Dog’s a Bear zine. She is undertaking a PhD in Marxist queer theory and contemporary poetry at the University of Sussex, and also helps out with ninerrors press.
Links:
Nat Raha’s blog.
Poems at “intercapiliary / space”
A film of Nat’s performance at the London Poets’ For Pussy Riot event.
Binders Full of Women’s Poems
A binder, full of outspoken poems by writers who identify as female, trans, intersex or gender-neutral, featuring Sarah Crewe, Nia Davies, Amy Evans, Maria Gornell, Sarah Hesketh, Kirsten Irving, Mara Katz, Rowena Knight, Melissa Lee-Houghton, Agnes Marton, Sophie Mayer, Sally McAlister, Michelle McGrane, slmendoza, Steph Pike, Chella Quint, Nat Raha, Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg, Jacqueline Saphra, Claire Trévien, Jackie Wills, Alison Winch. More here.
Coming next
4somes: Veer Books Launch
Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 8:00pm.
Poetry Library, Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London SE1 8XX
Veer Books will launch a new series of variously named publications featuring work by younger innovative writers, four at a time, called ‘VierSomes’ (or ‘4somes’ or ‘Quartets’ …)
This event will launch the series with readings from some of the featured authors:
Becky Cremin, Amy Evans, Edward Hardy, Danny Hayward, Frances Kruk, slmendoza, Nat Raha
Admission free but space is limited – to book a place guests must email specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk
Xing the Line
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 19:30, The Apple Tree, London WC1X.
- Frances Presley
- Gavin Selerie
Paper Nautilus issue 3 launch
- Caitlin Doherty
- Frances Kruk
- Francesca Lisette
- Marianne Morris
- Nat Raha
- Connie Scozzaro
Thursday 7th June from 7- 8.45 pm [doors open 6.30] in Clore 101, the Clore Management Building of Birkbeck College, Torrington Square WC1. More at the Paper Nautilus blog.
press free press @ curzon
press free press @ curzon: an evening of performing/writing/thinking: we invite one performer, set one writing experiment and you reply to one question
performing: NAT RAHA
writing: experiment no 1
thinking: HOW DOES THE PLACE/SPACE YOU ARE IN INITIATE YOUR FIRST ACTION?
bring along your reply – max 50 words
Paper Nautilus
The Paper Nautilus publishes contemporary poetry and is based in Cambridge, UK. It is edited by Laura Kilbride and Rosa van Hensbergen. Issue 1 features work by Alice Notely, Nat Raha and Posie Rider. Details here.
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