In the aftermath of Wednesday’s troubles, the organiser of Dasein Festival hastily assembled a press release to announce an event with Netalie Braun exploring the themes of Violence and Silence. The event comprised the screenings of two films, followed by a Q&A. I would like to draw your attention especially to Netalie’s hour-long film Metamorphosis (2006), which employs Ovid’s mythsContinue reading “Athens: Days Six, Seven, Eight”
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Athens: Days Two, Three, Four
Yeah, so, surprise surprise I haven’t blogged every day from Athens. Hey ho… I have better things to do, such as visiting the Acropolis snapping more Athenian graffiti (oooh they do love their graffiti….) and hanging out with the artists participating in the festival. A few notes. I climbed the Acropolis with Netalie Braun, aContinue reading “Athens: Days Two, Three, Four”
Poem by Iain Sinclair
Considering his prolific output in the realms of fiction, non-fiction, urban satire and – as he puts it – ‘documentary fiction’, it’s sometimes easy to forget how significant and exciting a writer of poetry Iain Sinclair is. I’ve had the Penguin Modern Poets book (Vol.10, 1996) in which he appears, alongside Douglas Oliver and Denise Riley, on loan from the PoetryContinue reading “Poem by Iain Sinclair”
Reviewing Clarke, Voss and Leonard
Dear blog, A review I wrote of books by Thomas A Clark, Fred Voss and Tom Leonard has appeared in the latest issue of Poetry London. Then a few pages later, Philip Gross (recent Eliot prizewinner) has penned some words about City State, an anthology I edited last year. All good.
Mythogeography
Bombardment of information about a new book by Phil Smith from Triarchy Press – Mythogeography: A Guide to Walking Sideways. There’s a video for starters. And a separate website for anyone interesting in the concept of Mythogeography. To be honest, this is totally my kind of thing. Part lecture, part creative wandering, part esoteric conspiracy theory. A blendContinue reading “Mythogeography”
The English Sweats
I’ve just posted my review of The English Sweats by James Brookes (above) over at Hand + Star. It’s a fantastic little book-slash-pamphlet. I give it 4 stars (out of 5). Whoop!
Voices Off
Alison Brackenbury reviews The Terrors in the latest issue of PN Review (#191, Jan-Feb 2010). Is this poetry or prose? It flashes across boundaries. Its allusiveness would make it elusive to many readers. But not all poetry has to be straightforward. The Terrors is clever, elegant and troubling, not least in a late, mysterious addressContinue reading “Voices Off”
Lake Shore Drive
Just dropping by to recommend Lake Shore Drive by John Wilkinson. It’s 100% excellent, believe.
Awake to the strangeness
Young poet Kayo Chingonyi has reviewed The Terrors over at Todd Swift’s poetry blogzine Eyewear. Kayo has lots of nice, and incisive, things to say about the pamphlet, such as: [The] satirical look at the consolation offered by notoriety after death not only brings into focus our morbid fascination with those who teeter at theContinue reading “Awake to the strangeness”
Yeah, f**k you Cowell
Just spotted that my poetry collection has appeared in Salt Publishing’s Top 20. Or rather, that it’s just sneaked in. At No. 20 (or, if you discount the fiction books and anthologies: No. 12!). So go on, treat yourself, or a significant other, at Christmas by purchasing a copy of How To Build A City, which contains poemsContinue reading “Yeah, f**k you Cowell”
Tom Chivers 