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For the third instalment of his inexplicably titled 'Poetry Column', Sam Riviere considers the work of - and discusses, among other things, tennis and Žižek karaoke with - five young European poets from July 2015's Zona Nouă festival in Sibiu
For the third instalment of his inexplicably titled 'Poetry Column', Sam Riviere considers the work of - and discusses, among other things, tennis and Žižek karaoke with - five young European poets from July 2015's Zona Nouă festival in Sibiu
In the second instalment of his new column on contemporary poetry (abstractly titled 'Poetry Column'), Sam Riviere considers the writings of Chelsey Minnis, Frederick Seidel & Jon Leon from the starting point of Leon's own seemingly-innocuous declaration — taking in privilege, obscurity vs. self-exposure and the poet's own contempt for poetry en route — ‘Art is redemptive’
In the second instalment of his new column on contemporary poetry (abstractly titled 'Poetry Column'), Sam Riviere considers the writings of Chelsey Minnis, Frederick Seidel & Jon Leon from the starting point of Leon's own seemingly-innocuous declaration — taking in privilege, obscurity vs. self-exposure and the poet's own contempt for poetry en route — ‘Art is redemptive’
In the first instalment of his new column on contemporary poetry (Poetry Column), Sam Riviere examines - via Sontag, Calvino and the convoluted nature of the 'I' - the work of Norwegian poet, artist and possible anti-Knausgård, Audun Mortensen. (Photograph by Václav Jedlička)
In the first instalment of his new column on contemporary poetry (Poetry Column), Sam Riviere examines - via Sontag, Calvino and the convoluted nature of the 'I' - the work of Norwegian poet, artist and possible anti-Knausgård, Audun Mortensen. (Photograph by Václav Jedlička)
Sam Riviere speaks to poet, curator and editor of recently published poetry anthology 'I Love Roses When They're Past Their Best', Harry Burke, about defying borders and boundaries, technological determinism and whether or not poetry should be free
Sam Riviere speaks to poet, curator and editor of recently published poetry anthology 'I Love Roses When They're Past Their Best', Harry Burke, about defying borders and boundaries, technological determinism and whether or not poetry should be free