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Shame and Shamelessness
My lecture on Freud, Gide and Immoralism now published by the Fortnightly Review. First given at the 2018 Conference on Poetry and Psychoanalysis. Thanks to Catherine Humble, Susy Lansman and Kathryn Maris for organising this brilliant event.
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Tagged Andre Gide, Freud, Immoralism, James Hogg, psychoanalysis, Robert Browning
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Whistleblower Lit
Delighted that my review of Miles Goslett’s new book on the questionable details of the Hutton Inquiry into the death of David Kelly has now been published by the Fortnightly Review. Click on the link below: Whistleblower Lit. The review … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Politics
Tagged Conspiracy, David Kelly, Miles Goslett, Politics, Whistleblowers
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The Melancholy of Making Poetry
Poetry is perhaps the most difficult of arts because the easiest to set about – you don’t need a chisel or a canvas or an instrument or a studio. Writing is eminently convenient. But melancholy derives from the need of … Continue reading
SONNETS FOR ALL TASTES
Lady Mary Wroth – one of our first sonneteers. Here is a link to my essay on Sonnets. It is published by the Fortnightly Review. See also the Corona What went on – in Rosanne Wasserman’s No Archive on Earth which … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Poetry
Tagged corona, Jacqueline Saphra, Keith Hutson, Lady Mary Wroth, Lee Miller, poetry, Rosanne Wasserman, Sir Philip Sidney, Sonnets
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John Ashbery 1927-2017
Here is John Ashbery reading for Grey Suit. To find him reading Soonest Mended and other poems, please scroll to 47:31 on Issue 3 Here is my obituary note in the Fortnightly Review. Here is a link to an interview … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Poetry
Tagged abstract poetry, art criticism, John Ashbery, The New York School
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THE NEW BEAUTY
Click the link for THE NEW BEAUTY This is an essay published by The Fortnightly Review. For a complete list of links to other reviews of poets and my previous articles click here: The Fortnightly
Posted in art, Essays, Politics
Tagged art, beauty, Chris Burden, Damian Hirst, diamonds, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fortnightly Review, gold, Harry Potter, K Foundation, money, Peter Matthews
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FIVE FIGURE EXERCISE – Lucinda Childs, Philip Glass, Sol LeWitt, Stuart Sherman and Robert Wilson (1979)
FIVE FIGURE EXERCISE – Harpers & Queen, May 1979 I reckon this is a historic document, so re-publish it here. On a still undefined boundary of modern art painter Sol LeWitt, dancer Lucinda Childs and composer Philip Glass are working … Continue reading
Posted in art, Dance, Essays, Performance Art
Tagged Lucinda Childs, Minimalism, Performance Art, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, So LeWitt, Stuart Sherman, Systemic Art
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What are Perversions?
My essay comparing attitudes to perversion, then and now.
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Tagged Gilles de Rais, J-K Huysmans, La-Bas, Perversion, sadism, Sergio Benvenuto
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No Selection for Old Farts
Every single submission of mine to poetry magazines has been rejected – to date, for the last three years; but acceptance had become a rarity since 2010. A list of repeated rejections includes all the standard, Arts Council subsidised, UK … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Uncategorized
Tagged poetry submissions, rejecting editors, rejection slips, sour grapes, submissions
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No Posts for Old Farts
Hi Anthony I’m sorry that you weren’t shortlisted for the vacant post here in Creative Writing. I know how much effort and emotional energy goes into a job application, and how disappointing it is not to get an interview. There … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Writing, Creative Writing Courses, qualifications, rejections
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