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And – Which is More – You’ll Beowulf, My Son! [by Simon Barraclough]
"Why are there beings at all instead of nothing?" That is the question. Yes, Heidegger, that's a pretty good originary question. I might go further back and ask why is there matter at all?…
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Maris, Pollitt, Rumens [by Simon Barraclough]
There's only one reason to go to Piccadilly Circus: to visit Waterstones' magnificent flagship store. Okay, the cocktails at The Criterion are good also. Plus the ICA is nearby. Oh, and it's not far…
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Bank Holidays, Bunking Off, Pasolini [by Simon Barraclough]
Yesterday was a Bank Holiday in the UK. This is a day we occasionally grant to our banks so that they can take a breather from refusing to lend to businesses, insisting on unnecessary…
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The View from the Cuckoo’s Nest [by Simon Barraclough]
Huffy Henry blogged the day (Berryman) I used to write a blog, five years ago, called Fallout. After a year or so, we fell out. Comes over one an absolute necessity to blog (D.H.…
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Tonight at KGB: Glyn Maxwell + Louis Jenkins
KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present… Glyn Maxwell + Louis Jenkins Monday, May 6, 2013 Doors open at 7:00 pm Reading starts at 7:30pm Admission is FREE www.KgbBar.com 85 East 4th Street…
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New Voices and Beautiful Books
For each of the last ten years, the Poetry Society of America’s Chapbook Fellowship Reading has produced four of the most beautiful books printed that year. Between the covers of the chapbooks — designed…