Ana Seferovic has started an excellent new youtube and instagram channel called sun seekers, where she asks poets to respond to the question why they write and provide a short reading too. Below you can find my instalments in the series, reading a poem from my upcoming book Come and See the Songs of Strange Days and answering the question with a question, maybe, or with some scepticism perhaps. Ana is a brilliant poet too, do look up her work, and she’ll hopefully be part of this year’s European Poetry Festival. More on sun seekers here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmwsnHv_atKf_c4tpPoXwrQ/videos
Kettle's Yard: May 13th - on Henri Gaudier-Brzeska's the Wrestler's
So delighted to be reading & talking at the beautiful Kettle's Yard, alongside Sarah Victoria Turner and Lynda Nead, about the Wrestlers, the relief by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, that has been a real inspiration for me since I wrote about it a few years ago. May 13th in Cambridge.
http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/events/modern-art-dance/
"An evening talk and performance exploring Gaudier-Brzeska and modern artists’ engagement with wrestling and sport. Join Gaudier-Brzeska expert, Dr Sarah Victoria Turner (Paul Mellon Centre) and poet and trained wrestler Steven Fowler. Art historian Professor Lynda Nead (Birkbeck) will chair the event. A viewing of the exhibition and glass of wine will follow the talk."