Bob Perelman: Newly Segmented 2007 Segue Reading

'Recorded March 24, 2007, this Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club showcases work from Bob Perelman's most recent collections, IFLIFE (2006) and Playing Bodies (2003) (the latter a collaboration with his wife, the painter Francie Shaw), including "Here Here," "Only One of Us is Henry James," "Liquid Assets, "Epic Proportions" and "Poetic Sex. Originally available only as a complete recording, it's now been broken down into individual poems, and is one of several recent readings available on Perelman's PennSound author page, such as the IFLIFE launch party from January 2007, another Bowery Poetry Club reading from a year earlier, and a November 2006 reading at UC Berkeley. Of course, you'll find more than a dozen additional recordings as well — both poetry and criticism, including Perelman's perspectives on George Oppen and Louis Zukofsky.' Link

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How2, Vol. 3, No. 2

Normally news like this would go on the Noticeboard but here at Openned we appreciate good web design. Congratulations to the gentleman at the helm - well done to you sir. Curated by: Elizabeth-Jane Burnett Jennifer Bartlett Patricia Deinstfrey Redell Olsen John Sparrow Harriet Tarlo (Harriet will be reading at The Other Room in Manchester on June 4th) Link

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1968

Ron Silliman: 'From my perspective, what is most tragic about 1968 is not the failures nor even the needless deaths, but that the Left then proceeded to splinter into a million more segments as the self-enclosing bantustans of the identity movement came into play. More than anything, that is what has condemned my generation to decades of malicious, malevolent, dishonest regimes in Washington.' Link

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Butch Morris: "Conduction"

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Make Hay not War

Selections from The Guardian: BONG Kureishi slams creative writing courses BONG George Monbiot calls for citizen's arrest of John Bolton pass me the BONG Anne-Marie Fyfe on Britain's poetry scene

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Substance vs. Style: a cognitive science approach

'Fans of Vik Muniz may be interested to learn the results of a recent study which shows that, when we look at a painting, our brains process its content before registering its style. In the study, paintings were presented in pairs for different time lengths and the participants were asked to judge the similarity within each pair. After just 10ms exposure, a pair of paintings were rated as more similar to each other if they had identical rather than contrasting content, but style had no bearing. [...] Beyond 50ms, content exerted no more of an influence, suggesting all content information had been extracted by this stage. However, style continued to exert a growing influence beyond 50ms, with paintings matched for style being judged as progressively more similar. Muniz, who spoke at TED in 2003, creates art that explores the tension between style and content by way of his mind-bending, masterful use of unexpected materials -- such as chocolate syrup or hundreds of colorful toys.' via Ted.com

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A list of things that happen in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat that no one seems to notice because it's set to music

- Attempted fratricide (also explictly mentioned during one of the songs that all the kids are clapping along to); - The use of goat blood to stain Joseph's ruined coat (one of the brothers pulls the legs off the goat on stage); - Joseph's interpretation of a dream condemns a Baker to death; - Joseph is locked away for an indeterminate amount of time; - Jacob is condemned to a life of poverty because of the actions of his sons; - Joseph is seduced by a cougar; - 'Children of Israel Are never alone For we know we shall find Our own peace of mind For we have been promised A land of our own.'

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Faber Finds

'A constantly updated and expanding list chosen by writers and readers, Faber Finds aims to restore to print a wealth of lost classics. Books of fiction, poetry, memoir, history, criticism, essays and anthologies - quality writing by authors of distinction, printed only on demand. There are so many fine books currently out of print. Why? It's not because they didn't sell, it's because they didn't sell enough to be economically re-printable. Until now, print on demand technology has been used to keep slow-selling titles in print. Faber Finds is shifting the emphasis from survival to revival - making good books available once more.' Link There is also the option to request reprints. Please request some. The book covers are also interesting (Faber refers to them as 'unique'). They suggest spirograph, but some kind of considered, world weary spirograph, like spirographs by giraffes. Is this as close as the volumic publishing industry will get to a democratic system?

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Bacofoil

Bacon (slurring): 'It's all we want - voluptuousness.' Bragg: 'It's wonderful.' Bacon: 'It's a lovely word.' Bragg (sleepily): 'Amazing.'

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London Poetry Systems

London Poetry Systems Link launch night is tonight which sadly I have to miss; but it looks like it will be good and the whole project looks to me like something necessary, exciting and important to get involved with. Aside from this, they have also published a sound work of mine called Midnight: Shrapnel: Debris Link which can be found by clicking on the big number 6 in the audio bank. Also in this post a further plug is necessary for the Leather Exchange reading held on the fith of June Link bye Steve x

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