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Performance Discussion
This listing brings together reviews of poetry readings, bibliographies, essays on performance, and studies of particular poets. We welcome submissions which can be formal or informal (send to Peter Middleton- P.Middleton@soton.ac.uk). Shorter files are provided in ordinary web pages, longer files in PDF. Suggestions for further inclusions are also welcome, including out of print material on poetry performances. We are also interested in presenting interviews with poets and organisers of poetry events, about performance. We regret that we can only advertise forthcoming events in special cases.
AHRC project: we are engaged in a research project on the history and poetics of poetry performance in the UK since 1960. Research between September 2002 and September 2003 was funded by a small grant from the AHRC. Research questions.
Bibliography on poetry and performance.
David Kennedy - "Mourning After: Writing Elegies in the 21st Century"
Andrea Brady-report on Sean Bonney, Stephen Rodefer, Ben Watson reading at the Poetry Cafe, 14 November, 2003.
Andrea Brady-report on Robert Hampson and Peter Larkin reading at Camden People's Theatre, 24 November, 2003
cris cheek-essay on Bob Cobbing
William R. Howe-"Punk as Poetry: cris cheek and his offset press collaborations"
Peter Middleton-"How to Read a Poetry Reading", a talk given at the University of Pennsylvania, October 2003..
Keith Tuma's report on the June 2003 Cork International Poetry Festival.
last updated July 16, 2006