Editors at the Wolf
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'What beauty, fury and integrity Myth of the Savage Tribes possesses is given to us as synthesis from the off, a work of generosity... whose satire, whose poise and whose vehemence is all the more affecting because of its volatile chemistry. In these poems we are asked to awaken, to participate, to refuse our laxity. I was left asking myself what is collaboration but a way of refusing alienation through the creative act? and what is the poetry I find before me but a way of voicing integrity. I can offer no higher praise.'
SJ Fowler
As part of the biggest event in the Maintenant poetry series, 23 poets read at the Rich mix centre near Brick Lane in London on October 15th 2011. Poets from Russia, Macedonia and Latvia joined 9 pairs of British poets in a memorable evening of performance and poetry. www.maintenant.co.uk
Held on March 30th 2012 at the Cornerhouse in central Manchester, Enemies of the North, as part of the Enemies projectm (www.weareenemies.com) celebrated the resurgent north-west avant-garde poetry scene evidencing the width of poetic practice that defines the many contemporary poets who came together from across the region in 13 remarkable performances.
Held at the Hardy Tree gallery in St Pancras London, on July Saturday 20th 2013, the closing night celebration of art writing was the seventh of seven events programmed during the Enemies avant garde poetry & visual art exhibition. http://www.hardytreegallery.com http://www.weareenemies.com Here James Byrne and Sandeep Parmar presents a collaborative work, their second commissioned as part of the Enemies project.
The Camarade poetry festival was a unique one day explosion of dynamic collaboration in contemporary avant garde and literary poetics. On October 26th 2013, at the Rich Mix arts centre, near Brick Lane, London, 74 poets aligned in 37 pairs, each writing an original collaborative work, written specifically for the festival and premiered on the day.
To celebrate the Poetry in Collaboration exhibition at the Saison Poetry Library in the Southbank centre London, curated by Chris McCabe and SJ Fowler, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/poetry-in-collaboration-1000499 4 pairs of poets were brought together for a special view Camarade event that saw them present new works written in collaboration for the event.
100 poets, 50 pairs, one day. Starting at 12 noon and finishing late at night, Camaradefest is a unique annual one day explosion of dynamic collaboration in contemporary avant garde and literary poetics.