knives, forks and spoons

Richard Barrett has launched a new press:

knives, forks and spoons is the new press set-up by Salford based poet Richard Barrett. The press intends to publish linguistically innovative/experimental poetry in a variety of formats; from pamphlets to perfect bound books. The next title scheduled for publication is * by Tom Jenks. We are currently inviting submissions of complete manuscripts only. More details can be found here.

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CHICAGO REVIEW 54:4

CHICAGO REVIEW is pleased to announce the publication of issue 54:4, featuring:

POETRY by Anne Carson, Saskia Hamilton, Tomaž Šalamun, Peter Streckfus, Jee Young Lee, Rusty Morrison, and Elizabeth Willis

FICTION by Michael Martone, Madeline ffitch, and Juan Filloy

ESSAYS by Susan Howe and John Matthias

& REVIEWS of Robert Creeley, Devin Johnston, Kent Johnson, African American poetry anthologies, and Alistair McCartney.

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To order or subscribe, visit:

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/

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Sean Bonney Reading Tonight

Thursday 18th June, 7pm With Dominic Lash on bass. The Parasol Unit, 14 Wharf Road (near Angel/Old Street) Admission is free. I heard someone say it's gonna be great.

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A Neat Summation of All That Is Wrong With Criticism of the BBC's Poetry Season

From a review by Diggory Dunn:

The selection of material has been woefully predictable. Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot, Milton, established canonical names that have instilled fear and loathing into the hearts of school-children for decades. Where are the exciting, satirical and thoroughly naughty poets such as Byron, Shelley, Keats, Coleridge and Yeats? Drug addicts, revolutionaries, sexually obsessed and on occasion incestuous, they produced equally inflammatory poetry and might incite something more than an empty stare and a dribble from an audience.

See the full article here, if you must.

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Meditations on an Empty Room

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcT8j53m30] Sophie Robinson reads from a. via Ron Silliman

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Blue Bus

Tuesday 23rd June, 7.30pm

• Jim Goar
• Giles Goodland
• John Phillips

The Lamb, 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, London WC1 (upstairs room) Admission £5 / £3 (conc.)

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Skylines Festival

Saturday 20th June. Academic forum held in the University of the Trees in Haldon Forest, chaired by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett and featuring:

• Allen Fisher
• Redell Olsen
• Maggie O'Sullivan
• Anna Reckin
• Harriet Tarlo

Followed by an evening of poetry from, among others:

• Sean Bonney
• Allen Fisher
• Maggie O'Sullivan

The Skyline Festival is held in Exeter. Visit the website for further information and details of other events. via The Other Room

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Document

Sean Bonney's Document will be published shortly by Barque Press. You should bookmark this page.

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Godzenie

Marcus Slease's new collection will be published by BlazeVOX. Bookmark this page. Available soon.

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Luke Roberts at Ride The Word

Luke Roberts will be reading at Ride The Word tomorrow night, Monday 15th June. More information can be found at Poets On Fire.

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