I have just posted a more up-to-date version of the PiC programme, replacing the original.
A few details have changed.
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Poetry in the City 2008 April 14-26 (Updated April 2nd)
Monday April 14
Twentieth Century Blues by Robert Sheppard
Robert Sheppard has been described as being “at the forefront of the movement sometimes called ‘linguistically innovative poetry’”. He has also published works of criticism, including The Poetry of Saying (2005) and Iain Sinclair (2007). He is Professor of Poetry and Poetics at EdgeHill University in Lancashire.
“Twentieth Century Blues offers an entirely new way of thinking through the nightmare intersection of history, ethics and desire…. What emerges is nothing short of a re-education of the reader’s desire, constantly turning from the said to the saying. Courageous and unstinting, Sheppard writes with terrifying authority.” ─ Scott Thurston
Bluecoat Chambers
Tuesday April 15 Continue reading ‘Poetry in the City 2008 – Details’
1/4/2008 – 1/5/2008
Poetry in the City (PiC) is a collaboration between several poetry organisations, promoters and performance nights working collectively to raise the profile of poetry in Liverpool.
Through commissions for newwork, translations, and interaction across other art forms and new media, PiC offers many opportunities to get involved in the city’s lively poetry scene.
The festival will feature a diverse programme of performances and events: slam poetry, open mics, workshops, games and installations.
Indoors and outdoors, the ‘08 festival will include nationally acclaimed award-winners and innovative experimentalists such as Liverpool’s Levi Tafari (left),Mohammad Khalil and Eleanor Rees.
DATE TO BE CONFIRMED.
PiC is organised by Dead Good Poets Society, Modern Transmissions (Universityof Liverpool), Back to the Machine Gun, Orbis International Library Journal, The Windows Project and Liverpool John Moores University.