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Poetry
I have a small but perfectly formed new poem appearing in a forthcoming anthology called, Red (Peepal Tree 2010 ISBN 9781845231293) . It rubs shoulders with works by the following illustrious company: Berndaine Evaristo, Jackie Kay, Lemn Sissay, Moniza Alvi and Debjani Chatterjee, to name a few. Its a splendid anthology, all 257 pages of it, edited by the formidable professor, critic and sublime poet, Kwame Dawes. Get hold of a copy from any good bookshop -cheap at £9.99 - or watch out for tour dates.
I have recently started writing many more poems, enjoying the process. I have also been reading 'The Great Modern Poets' - edited by Michael Schmidt. Its a great intro to modern Western poetry produced by poets born from 1900 to the present day. Some of the poets are obviously off their trolley, others teeter on the edge. Some are ranters, others mystics, some saner than the sanest (finish this line yourself, all BlackAdder fans). One or two are amazing discoveries - As promised, I'll drop names now: John Ashberry, Adrienne Rich and Frank O'Hara are all worth checking out. I like how Professor Schmidt in his short intro to each poet explains connections between the poets, even if I don't agree on his assessments of the poets themselves. When he does not like the poet, it feels like he chooses a rubbish poem or two to make his case! It's the kind of book that makes you seek out full collections by the poets who particularly glitter. Comes with an audio CD too - thanks KC!
Reading
I love reading. I am reading lots of my friends poetry and fiction at the moment...
Blog
I have a draft blog that is in development at wordpress. I will post a link to it here once I've raised the money to pay the blog designer lol. So far the blog has covered musings on subjects as diverse as car parks and fashion shows...
Storytelling
I have had some really interesting times with new stroytellers from around the world (or who are going around the world!). Go to the 'contact' page for enquiries about my availability as a storyteller. Youtube has one or two videos of stories I worked on with a small team, relating to the subject of Manchester's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The main site for the subject is www.revealinghistories.org.uk
Photos
Here are some storytelling photos/videos loaded on 'Flickr' (by Joseph-thanks Joseph!) , 'Boxnet' and 'Google Video'.
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOSHere are some other storytelling videos of myself. Just click a link to go there...
Finally, some photos stored on boxnet:
http://www.box.net/shared/c2b86ru1od
