The Week in Miscellany: July 1, 2011
"One reason we struggle with insecurity: we’re comparing our behind the scenes to everyone else’s…" "Creating meaning is the hardest part of design; you’re not going to get it right the first…"
The Week in Miscellany: June 24, 2011
"When you inherit a language, it does not mean you are totally in it or you are passively programmed…" "You have to be two things at once: extremely arrogant, enough to think you’re going to sit…"
The Week in Miscellany: June 17, 2011
"Oh – no one reads poetry, just a few dedicated souls” – I’m tired of that! Poetry is…" "The Things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else…" "I think we need to keep our old poetry institutions as well as investing in...
The Week in Miscellany: June 10, 2011
Ha. Meant to post this yesterday. But it works today just as…
London Teenage Poetry SLAM Chicago Exchange Fundraiser
“A fundraiser for the London Teenage Poetry SLAM (LTPS) Chicago exchange: featuring an exclusive London premiere screening of award-winning documentary Louder Than A Bomb (about the Chicago Teen Slam), followed by a Q and A with Peter Kahn who is in the film. The evening will include poetry performances and a discussion of the exchange...
Falling Up: The Gravity of Art
“Falling Up: The Gravity of Art presents both historic and contemporary works of art from The Courtauld Collection and Arts Council Collection. These works reflect or question the nature, significance, and broader implications of gravity. They investigate the crucial moment between flying and falling, weightlessness and weightiness, rising and razing, while pointing to a basic...
The Week in Miscellany: June 3, 2011
“The miracle of your mind isn’t that you can see the… "When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want…"
Rhythm and Poetry
“A no-clutter, no-fuss, straight-up nostalgic evening of hip-hop inspired poems and favourite hip-hop songs, featuring Charlie Dark, Inua Ellams, PolarBear, Roger Robinson, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Kate Tempest, Warsan Shire, Poetic Pilgrimage and Zena Edwards.” Heavy line-up. 14th of July, 8pm in the Purcell Room on the Southbank. ‘Nuff said!
Support the Poetry Book Society
The Poet Laureate presents ‘Poetry Cuts’ in support of the Poetry Book Society Friday 3 June 2011; 7.00pm The Logan Hall, Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Minimum donation of £10 at the door (cash or cheques if possible please). The Poetry Book Society has recently heard that...
The Week in Miscellany: May 27, 2011
I’m considering adding this to the hand-out pack for the… "I think what gets a poem going is an initiating line. Sometimes a first line will occur, and it goes…" "You have to decide if you want to make operas that affect a few people deeply, or folk songs that…"
The Week in Miscellany: May 20, 2011
"I think about readiness and its relation to what I consume and make. If I skim the work of someone,…" "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you…" "The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of...
The Week in Miscellany: May 13, 2011
"If I am looking for a story at all, it is in my relationship to the subject – the story that tells…" (via I Am Coming Over : The Gallery (featuring Heather… "In hindsight, everything is technique. In the moment, everything is panic and reaction. Does a…"