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

The Young

Posted on June 5, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

The poets outnumber their audience, But then we choose to be gracious, Mentioning Chinooks. Perhaps we’ve beenx Out-Trumped by demonstrations. Not to mention fares. You can’t expect The young to hike it herex Unless there’s an open mike. I say, … Continue reading →

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Teaching Writing and Art in Jail

Posted on May 30, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

A talk given for Confer: The Masks of Masculinity – Exploring the Links Between Male Vulnerability and Violence (18th May 2019) – at Foyles Bookshop.  In the early years of this century I started teaching creative writing and art in … Continue reading →

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Oriental

Posted on May 26, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

x “Awesome, I understand, But what does it mean, pulpit?” She asks her boyfriend’s mother. A young girl, eating a bird; x Slender, in a tube skirt, on Bleeker Street. This is a shovel-ready project Listed under mist, tea and … Continue reading →

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Incomprehensible Lesson – Poems by Fawzi Karim – English Versions by Anthony Howell – Fawzi passed away 16/17 May 2019

Posted on May 17, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

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Very pleased that a new book of my versions of the poems of Iraqi poet Fawzi Karim have just come out from Carcanet Incomprehensible Lesson:  poems by Fawzi Karim in versions by Anthony Howell after translations…

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EXTINCTION OF THE HEART

Posted on April 23, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

  Do you know how long ago it was that the heart Vanished at last from the face of the earth? Once it cropped up on the coins of Cyrene: Double-chambered emblem only Cupid’s dart Could ever penetrate. The last … Continue reading →

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SATIRE for the Millenium

Posted on April 16, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased that my essay on satire is now posted on The Fortnightly – Satire for the Millenium

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Outside Belmarsh for Julian

Posted on April 14, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click The RUPTLY LINK for the video – and here is The Duran  DLR Veering below us, the railings go optical. When did you last see a tree? Way up above, there are clouds hemmed in x Between the plutocratic … Continue reading →

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WHAT STARTED IT?

Posted on April 11, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Gulls on the pitch sound faint through the night at five. Lights are wasted on streets forsaken even by foxes. Hooked beaks inspire each other’s desolate, distant mewing Over the somewhat more diminished drone of one lone juggernaut Orbiting the … Continue reading →

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Paris Summer Academy 2018

Posted on April 8, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Two performances From Anthony Howell’s performance art workshop in Paris 2018

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5G freak-out! The fox guarding the henhouse?

Posted on April 2, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Lots of people have reported on the adverse effects of lockdown. But I notice that fewer people are concerned about the adverse effects of 5G. I am inclined to believe that these effects are related.  The installation of 5G closely … Continue reading →

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