Sundays at the Oto
SUNDAYS AT THE OTO - new reading/performance series
“poetry and music with the post-avant crowd for your Sunday afternoon pleasure”
Third Sunday of the month, 3-5 pm, Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL (http://www.cafeoto.co.uk) £4 entry.
Presented by Peter Philpott (peter@greatworks.org.uk)
· Sep 21: Tim Atkins + Isnaj Dui + Sophie Robinson
Tim Atkins’ Horace (O Books, 2007) gives the definitive, delightful & dangerous version for our days; Isnaj Dui’s (http://www.myspace.com/isnajdui) electroacouistic blends & improvisations are both lush and dark; Sophie Robinson’s Killin’ Kittenish (yt communications, 2006) frolics, frightens & fiercely fantasises
for further information:
· http://www.myspace.com/sundaysattheoto
There Were Three Poets and They All Had Books Out
Fresh from Facebook inbox:
Tim Atkins
Folklore
9781844714193
http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844714193.htm
Geraldine Monk
Ghost & Other Sonnets
9781844714933
http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844714933.htm
John Wilkinson
Down to Earth
9781844714629
http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844714629.htm
LIVES OF THE POETS by Alan Halsey
'Five Seasons Press will be publishing LIVES OF THE POETS by Alan Halsey early in the winter.
Because of difficulties with the Arts Council (see our website) the viability of this and all future publications depends on advance subscriptions.
Subscription details and prospectuses can be obtained via www.fiveseasonspress.com
Thanks and best from Glenn Storhaug / Five Seasons Press / Hereford / UK / 01432 261100'
Scott Thurston Reading
Dear All
This is to let you know that I will be reading in Liverpool next Thursday night 28th August at 7:30pm at the Costa Coffee shop on Bold Street alongside two poets published by Cinnamon Press: Jane Fortune-Wood and Joan Hewitt.
You can view details of the event at http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~alexss/poetrycafe.pdf
The series is an initiative for the 2008 Capital of Culture.
I'll be reading from my new book with Shearsman, Momentum, which you can find and order online at http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2008/thurston08.html
You can also find a sample of the contents at the link above. I'll have some copies with me at the reading too.
Many thanks and I hope to meet with some of you at the reading
All best
Scott
Ron Silliman - The Alphabet
'The Alphabet is a remarkable and notorious literary achievement, decades in the making, one continually debated, discussed, and imitated since fragments first appeared in the 1970s. Consisting of twenty-six smaller books, one for each letter of the alphabet, it employs language in ways that are startling and innovative. Over the course of the three decades during which it has appeared—in journals, magazines, and as stand-alone volumes—its influence has been wide-ranging, both on practicing poets and on critics who have had to contend with the way it has changed the direction of American poetry.'
Available for pre-order at The University of Alabama Press. I'm guessing people will be interested in this.
Sous Rature: Issue 1
'I'm not sure which is more frustrating, dualism or the refutation of it. Ultimately, this collection is neither. Though it is before your eyes. Think of words like constellation, aggregate, and what-I-like. Remember, I'm trying to approximate the genius that formed during my shower this morning. Oh, and it was pure.'
CLOSE UP presents "Under Da PoeTree"
"CLOSE UP"
presents
The U.D.P Showcase
WED 16th SEPT’08
@ VIBE BAR, The Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL
You are cordially invited to an evening of poetry and music with London’s Kings of Hip-Hop Poetry
“Under Da PoeTree”
Enjoy Live Music alongside the art form known as “Spoken Word Poetry”.
Prepare to be truly entertained by 2 of London’s undisputed wordsmiths.
After their successful performance at “LOVE BOX” in July 08 these 2 poets
wish to get up close and personal with those who have a love for poetry.
They will also be performing pieces from there forth coming EP.
DOORS OPEN 7PM SHOW TIME 8:30PM – 11:00PM
PRICE: £7 entry all night
DRESS CODE: Smart / Casual
MORE INFO: liveuk1@yahoo.com / www.myspace.com/liveuk (Malinnga) 07944 090 805
Join our FACEBOOK GROUP MANDiNKA “Beyond Just Music”
Sponsored by
REBEL MUSIC
www.rebel-music.com
REFLECTIVE RECORDS
www.reflectiverecords.com
From Atlanta Poets Group: Call for Sound Poetry
just wanted to let folks know we are looking for work for issue 2 of
aslongasittakes--- submissions are rolling, but we hope to have issue 2
out in the next month and half or so-- the official call for work is below
thanks,
james sanders
"How long is a poem? As long as it takes to perform it." --Bob Cobbing
a s l o n g a s i t t a k e s, a sound poetry magazine published by the
Atlanta Poets Group, is seeking submissions. We are looking for sound
poetry, scores for sound poetry and essays on sound poetry. "What is
'sound poetry'?" you ask. Good question. It's one of those know it when
you see (hear) it kind of things. It's probably not music (thanks Dick
Higgins). It might be noise. If you think about a spectrum of possible
noise made by the human body (or simulations thereof or substitutions
therefor), and at one end of the spectrum is a person reading her poem
and at the other end is abstract noise, we're looking for works that
fall towards the latter end. We are looking for works in/of/against the
tradition(s) of Ball, Schwitters, Dûfrène, Henri Chopin, Jandl, Cobbing,
The Four Horsemen, Fylkingen Group, Öyvind Fahlström. . . hopefully by
now you get the idea. We're looking for stuff that will push/redefine
the limits. The magazine is Web-based.
Please send submissions to aslongasittakes@comcast.net
.mp3, .wav, .wma, or flac. Please query before sending in other formats.
If you can't get us the work via email, just send an email and let us
know, and we can find another way. We don't know how long it will take
to get back to you on your submissions, just be cool. We can't pay you
anything for your work. All work that appears in the magazine will be
available for download from the magazine's site under the Creative
Commons' /Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike/ license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/); if you are not
comfortable with making your work available in that way, let us know and
we can probably work something out.
ICA: A Recent History of Writing and Drawing
'A Recent History of Writing and Drawing is an exhibition that explores the evolving relationship between technologies of communication and their users. It is a project by the programmer / designer Jürg Lehni and the graphic designer Alex Rich, curated by design historian Emily King, and involves a variety of interactive and non-interactive devices for writing and drawing.'
PORES Issue 5
From the inbox:
'Dear all -
the 5th issue of the CPRC's PORES webjournal is now online!
see: http://www.pores.bbk.ac.uk
Part 1: Poetry and Public Language is available now.
Part 2: Text and Music will be added shortly.
See also the 3rd issue of our Readings webjournal @ http://www.bbk.ac.uk/readings
& the relaunched CPRC website @ http://www.bbk.ac.uk/cprc/
best,
William Rowe & Carol Watts
Co-Directors, CPRC Birkbeck'