John Gilmore launched Head of a Man and Richard Makin launched Dwelling with readings at Stone Squid experimental art space, Hastings, East Sussex, UK on 5 November 2011.
A video of part of John Gilmore’s reading can be accessed here.
A video of part of Richard Makin’s reading can be accessed here.
A poet whose inventiveness and incisiveness is architectural in its care – witty, adventurous, circuitous and at ease with its own intelligence, the work of Arnoud van Adrichem, one of the most remarkable poets and critics Holland has produced in the last decade, stands as an example of how international traditions, multiple languages and a shift in political culture, will not waylay a brilliant poet from writing brilliant poetry. If anything it will only add context to the work of a poet like van Adrichem, recognised across the Netherlands and beyond as one of the most considered and necessary agents for poetry currently at work, and with no sign of lagging. Editor of the international journal Parmentier and a specialist and translator of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry, it is hard to look past Arnoud van Adrichem as a fundamental part of the future of Dutch letters. Another exceptional addition to the Maintenant series, edition #80, we are privileged to have his work translated into English for the very first time thanks to the generosity of the Nederlands Letterenfonds with thanks to Jan Pollet.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-80-arnoud-van-adrichem/
A poem in five sections, Corner, accompanies this interview. This is the first time Arnoud van Adrichem’s poetry has been translated into English and was only made possible by the generous support of the Nederlands Letterenfonds (the Dutch Foundation for Literature) and of Thomas Möhlmann. Translations by Willem Groenewegen, 2011. http://www.willem-groenewegen.nl/
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/five-poems-arnoud-van-adrichem/
Plus-Que-Parfait is an evolving, open-ended text created by Emily Howard, Mark Cobley & Simon Howard. New edition online now.
What is poetry fame like? Do you have groupies?
I was once recognized by a sort of hippie taxi driver, but that was a long time ago.
John Ashbery talks to Time Magazine.
Available now from the Knives Forks and Spoons site:
zimZalla object 10.2 is a free PDF to accompany object 010, # by Richard Barrett. The document re-states the concept of the project, i.e. a unique microtext in exchange for a gift, provides a full catalogue of gifts received and photographs of gifts where available. The document concludes with an interview with Richard where he talks about the creation and dissemination of the texts.
Other Room reader Phil Hall has won the prestigious Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. Congratulations to him.
Other Room reader Nick Thurston will be giving a talk at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester on Tuesday 29th November.
Nick Thurston is the author of “Reading the Remove of Literature” (2006), ”Historia Abscondita (An Index of Joy)”, and co-author of a third (pocket)book, “THE DIE IS CAST (2009)”, plus numerous journal articles and artists’ pages. He has exhibited and performed internationally, and his editions and artworks are owned by public and private collections around the world, including the Tate (London), the Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven) and the Biblioteque Nationale (Paris). Since 2006 Nick has been Editor of the independent artists’ book publishing imprint, information as material, with whom he is currently (April 2011 – April 2012) Writer in Residence at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.
Sunday 4 December · 14:00 – 17:00, Madlab, Northern Quarter Manchester. WFN is an opportunity for innovative/experimental poets to present their work for feedback in a mutually supportive atmosphere. Ideally, please bring along copies of the work you intend to read for the other group members. Anyone who wants to come along but doesn’t want to read is also very welcome.
Xing the Line: 30 November · 19:30 – 22:30. The Apple Tree, 45 Mount Pleasant, London.
Jim will be launching his new book The Louisiana Purchase, out from Rose Metal Press. See http://www.rosemetalpress.com/Catalog/TLP.html
Geraldine will be launching her new book Lobe Scarps & Finials, out from Leafe Press. See http://alan-baker.blogspot.com/2011/06/lobe-scarp-and-finials-by-geraldine.html
More videos have now been added to SJ Fowler’s Covers project, where poets read work by poets who have inspired them. Visit the site for the full archive, or enjoy Richard Barrett reading Stewart Home right here.
Friday 09 December 2011, 7pm, entrance free. Birkbeck Cinema Theatre, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. UK Launch readings for the Veer Books:
Videos of last Wednesday’s event at the Horse Hospital are now available:
Infinite Editions provides poetry postcards for free download and printing and is organised by Andrew Spragg. The latest set features Other Room reader Jennifer Cooke.
To celebrate 50 years of Burning Deck Press. Thanksgiving 2011. Guest of Honor: Keith Waldrop and Rosmarie Waldrop. A Menu Poem by Geoffrey Gatza.
‘Queer, The Space’ is a project inspired by the work of such queer theorists as Sara Ahmed (Queer Phenomenology) and Judith Halberstam (In a Queer Time and Place). It brings together artists, academics, activists, performers, and writers in one space, the c4cc, to engage with the questions of spatiality and orientation.
The resulting collaborative works will be presented at a final event to take place in May 2012, and are necessarily unpredictable; they may take the form of text, image, sound, or performance, or a combination of these forms.
The project is co-organised by Goldsmiths and Royal Holloway, University of London, and is funded by The Culture Capital Exchange.
Dusie Kollektiv 5 out now.
Issue 2 of Blart is out now, featuring:
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