...by the poetry as perhaps I should be.

...he brought a box of tapes of field recordings of folk songs. He was delightfully kind, funny and enthusiastic. I have a vivid visual memory of him in his velvet jacket trotting down the staircase and cycling away. I've never been able to feel as intimidated...

Sorry to hear today of the death of J.H. Prynne. Instead of offering tutorials alongside his poetry lectures he used to invite students to ask him to tea. So my friend and I did. In response to my inchoately-expressed interests in the chanson d'aventure and Inuit shamanism...

Jeremy Prynne, prankster poet The famously obscure poetry of JH Prynne glitters with aphorisms and jokes

Very sorry to hear that the poet J.H. Prynne has died, at the age of 89. Here, from 10 years ago, is my attempt to describe the man and the work

So long, J. H. Prynne (24 June 1936 – 22 April 2026). Oh, what an intent to name and delineate the things of the world with something like prudence, futile, names being such monsters of uncertainty. . . Out of _The White Stones_ (1969):

Decoding Anne Lister Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - Decoding Anne Lister

Open access copy of Decoding Anne Lister: From the Archives to 'Gentleman Jack', co-edited by the wonderful Chris Roulston and me

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BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Queer Gothic Sarah Waters traces the queer roots of early gothic literature and architecture

pinning a couple of other things because why not?

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Anne Seymour Damer: public life, private love Gossip about Anne Damer's sexuality nearly wrecked her relationships and reputation, but in this queer love story, love outlasts scandal.

My blog for the British Museum on Anne Damer is now live - very happy to see this out in the world. #AnneDamer #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #c18th

What’s in a Name? | Nico Taylor “Picture of Nobody” puts forth a hard-boiled theory of what makes for literary success in a rapacious capitalist society.

“Picture of Nobody” follows a young poet navigating the literary scene of interwar London. It’d be a simple autofictional exercise, except the “nobody” in question has a very familiar namesake: William Shakespeare.

In Pursuit of Genius In Troubling Times: On Philip Owens’s Picture of Nobody Philip Owens is buried in a war cemetery near Athens, Greece. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records him as having died on the tenth of June, 1945, aged forty-four, a sergeant in the Britis…

@allenbratton.bsky.social considers the timelessness of Philip Owens’ Picture of Nobody and the artistic pursuit of genius.

My class in the second to last year of primary school did a whole suite of arts/humantiies lessons based on this. I'd completely forgotten about it (38 years ago) but as soon as I saw the cover of the score in the link it came flooding back, the choral bits and some of the narration.

Stop the lights

Article Link: The Blockade Is the Message, How a fuel price spike became a fascist audition

I’ve managed to string together my thoughts through the rage this week, please read & share 💭✍🏼
#Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics #Fascism

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Nobody knows where "gun" comes from and all the available explanations sound like false etymology.

from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust, by Robert Sheppard for Jazz Ian Perry Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars ears raised to...

from Tone Poem: Starlight and Stardust, by Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social
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I'm writing about trans people's poetry in Ireland. If you are trans, Irish/resident on the island of Ireland and have some publicly available poetry, send me a link. Please repost widely.

The last day for submissions is Monday 6th!

Picking up Mad Sweeney on the Merlin bird app

Thank you! 'all things that are passing' is out in June - I hope!

Thanks to The Pi Review for publishing these!

Two poems, by Kit Fryatt air: maestoso Freezing blockhouse. All the long night long. Sacking slapping in the squints. Whisht whisht says the wind. Never shuts th...

Two poems, by Kit Fryatt @kitfryatt.bsky.social
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Submissions for the 2026 Barbellion Prize are now open! 🎉

The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability.

Submission are open from today 2nd April - 1st September, 2026.

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Clearly an allusion to the farting buck in 'Sumer is icumen' in ;-)

Today is Ern Malley's birthday and here in the birthplace of this non-existent Australian genius poet, Liverpool, we'll be quietly celebrating. Here's one take (mine): internationaltimes.it/the-ern-mall...

On Tuesday 17th March, we will be welcoming @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social to Royal Holloway’s Bloomsbury Campus for the Small Press Takeover!

intergraphia is a publishing project edited by artist-writers Emma Bolland and Rachel Smith, launched in October 2022 at @smallpublishers.bsky.social🧡

Short corporate poem.

Harry Mathews was born in New York City in 1930 and spent his adult life in the United States and in France. You can learn more about Mathews and his body of work on our website.

His book SINGULAR PLEASURES, will be republished on June 2, 2026. Preorder is available now.

A small and lovely untitled piece out of _Wound Response_ (1974) by renegade balladeer and celestial mechanic J. H. Prynne:

Eugen Gomringer. Untitled (o), 1952