Peter Jaeger’s Midamble is a big book in every sense, although constructed from small units, a mosaic of phrases and sentences, each one functioning like the famous first step in the journey of thousand Li
Read more here – https://ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/midamble-by-peter-jaeger-a-review/
This great event takes place in just under a month, 12pm until 6pm on Saturday 2nd February 2019, no booking required at The Anthony Burgess Centre, Manchester.
Alongside Dostoyevsky Wannabe, other Manchester and Greater Manchester presses in attendance include:
If P then Q, Comma Press, Generic Greeting, Nightjar, Carcanet, Dodo Ink, Zimzalla, Knives, Forks and Spoons, Incline and Saraband. Blue Moose books (Hebden Bridge) and Synchronise Witches (Huddersfield), along with And Other Stories, Longbarrow Press, The Poetry Business and Gordian Projects (all Sheffield) join us from Yorkshire and last but not least Dead Ink (Liverpool/north-west) will also be there.
More HERE
Tack skal du ha to Joakim Norling for translating some poems from Tom Jenks’ latest book A Long and Hard Night Troubled by Visions
from 1984
Efter sex dagar i skogen, nådde jag slutligen 1984. Stammen som levde där välkomnade mig. Jag satt på en mossig stock, åt en rostad smörgås och drack amerikansk vaniljläsk ur en ihålig sten.
I love Tom Jenks’ poetry, it’s so playful and often hilariously funny yet there’s more going on beneath the surface than you might at first imagine.
Go read more at the Litter website. Go on! – Here – http://leafepress.com/litter11/spence6/spence6.html
