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Poet, essayist, dancer, performance artist....

Luke Roberts reviews Iliassa Sequin

Posted on July 19, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click here for Luke Roberts’ review in the Fortnightly of Iliassa Sequins Collected Complete Poems There is also a review of her work on page 101 of The Alchemy Spoon – at this link https://en.calameo.com/read/006240328939df95c44c7?authid=PgLe8IRv1QEj And a new review by … Continue reading →

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Black Ink

Posted on June 29, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

A Poem on the Underground

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Purgatory

Posted on June 8, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

In Dante’s Comedy, each punishment is a contrapasso, a symbolic instance of poetic justice, and Purgatory seemed an appropriate place to be, last winter. So here, in the Fortnightly Review are my thoughts about reading Purgatory.

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Grey Suit Editions – List of Publications

Posted on May 28, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

New books in 2021 List of Publications 1 List of Publications 2 List of publications 3 (Miscellaneous) Our video catalogue from the nineties These links provide a tour of Grey Suit. The project began as a video magazine for performance … Continue reading →

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The Tower – Drawings and Film – 1984

Posted on May 23, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

I have just discovered this post from the Art Gallery of New South Wales – showing items from the box of drawings for The Tower – created for the performance in that gallery in 1984. The gallery bought these fine drawings by … Continue reading →

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My Father

Posted on May 17, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

Aley Howell 1919-1945 Now added to this post – the catalogue to the Library of New South Wales’ excellent “Dunera” exhibition – about the camp my father was interned in for the first years of the war – and the … Continue reading →

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Three Dance Innovators: Hagit Bar, Rosella Pellicciotti, Milica Vukovic

Posted on April 30, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

Hagit Bar, an Israeli dancer, created a dance work – A Space to Imagine – for The Room, my space in Tottenham in 2006 – as part of a short festival of Poetry, Art and Performance: Art across the Middle … Continue reading →

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‘Ceasefire’ and ‘The Cross of Carl’

Posted on April 18, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

Last night I watched “Ceasefire” (Cessez-le-feu) directed by Emmanuel Courcol, starring Romain Duris, Celine Sallete and Gregory Gadebois. This French film explores the lives of French soldiers traumatised by bombardment in the trenches of Verdun. Those few who returned ostensibly … Continue reading →

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Iliassa Sequin: Collected Complete Poems

Posted on April 1, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

Iliassa Sequin’s unique way of writing is at last available in a publication from Grey Suit Editions More details about her work and her life here Now available on Amazon and on Abebooks.

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Less than a Day from April

Posted on March 31, 2021 by anthonyhowelljournal

BALLAD Less than a day from April, The wax white, compact Hyacinth is up. And petals in a sky x Trailing a fringe of drizzle, Cling to the gusty almond. Daffodil clumps are swept Like weed combed by a brook. … Continue reading →

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