March For the Alternative

Denise Riley Reading - CANCELLED

Denise Riley's reading has been cancelled due to illness. 

The Modernist Journals Project

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Conference: Innovation in Irish Poetry

Tuesday 12th July 2011

Conference: Innovation in Irish Poetry

This conference investigates issues surrounding innovation in Irish poetry. Its aim is not only to re-examine the influence that Irish writers have had on 20th Century literature, but also to explore the current status of Irish innovative poetics in the 21st Century.

Some possible areas of interest for papers might include:

• Cadence in Irish poetry
• The influence of international poetics on Irish poetry
• The influence of Irish modernism on British and American writers
• Irish poetry and the historical avant-garde
• Constructions of Irish Modernism
• Irish small presses
• National identity
• Religion
• Post colonialism
• Emigration
• Irish poetry’s engagement with critical theory
• The Irish poetic canon

Papers should be approximately 20 minutes in length. Abstracts should be approximately 300 words in length and should be emailed to irishpoetryconference@gmail.com no later than Monday 28th March.

University College Cork, Ireland

The Shuffle

Saturday 26th March, 7.30 - 10.30pm

• Jude Cowan
• Amy De'Ath
• Livia Franchini
• Hannah Lowe
• Penelope Shuttle

Poetry Cafe, Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London

Admission is free.

Blackbox Manifold 6

Blackbox Manifold 6 is now online.

ed. by Adam Piette & Alex Houen

Including tributes to Edwin Morgan, and poetry by:

• Niall Campbell
• Joseph Donohue
• Howie Good
• Chris Hardy
• Morgan Harlow
• Carla Harryman
• Christine Herzer
• Ishion Hutchinson
• Andy Jackson
• Michael Leong
• Rod Mengham
• Mary Noonan
• Frederick Pollack
• David Prater
• Rufo Quintavalle
• Ron Silliman
• Matthew Sweeney
• Jon Thompson
• John Welch
• J T Welsch

Sous Les Pavés III

Sous Les Pavés III includes work by:

• Sean Bonney
• Susan Briante
• Sommer Browning
• Lara Buckerton
• Collective Anon
• Elliot Colla
• Linh Dinh
• David Hadbawnik
• j/j hastain
• Danny Hayward
• Justin Katko
• Frances Kruk
• Francesca Lisette
• Pocahontis Mildew
• Goat Far DT
• Jay James May
• Debrah Morkun
• Richard Owens
• Keston Sutherland
• Tomas Weber

Sous Les Pavés is a free bi-monthly publication distributed by mailing list only. Out-of-print issues can be read, downloaded and printed for free at the Sous Les Pavés website.

Fact-Simile Call for Work

Travis Macdonald & JenMarie Davis:

Fact-Simile's Spring/Summer 2011 issue is accepting submission for a few more days.

Any submissions received before (or on) Monday, March 21 will be considered for this issue. Any submissions received after Monday will be considered for the Fall/Autumn 2011 issue.

So if you have some superb writing and/or word-work that you think might be a good fit, please send it along to: submissions@fact-simile.com

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Infinite Editions

Infinite Editions provides poetry postcards for free download and printing.

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