The art of writing poetry based upon paintings or other artworks is a subject that is close to my heart, alongside the art of combining both in ekphrastic poetry films (see also the bilingual Frame to Frames : Your Eyes Follow publication and prize). It is also not unusual to create paintings or other forms […]
Back in April I took part in REELpoetry online which was a full week-long festival, directed by Houston-based Fran Sanders and rich with poetry filmmakers, discussions, and important work. I have been a judge for REELpoetry for quite a few years, though not recently, and the festival has grown, through COVID too, to become a […]
Editor SARAH TREMLETT introduces On the Cutting Edge: 4 Over twenty years ago, in 2004 or 2005, I began thinking of the screen in terms of a philosophical space. I began by looking at language itself and the letter, and how, by making it appear and disappear, something larger in terms of philosophy of language, […]
It’s April and REELpoetry is here once again, but under a new guise, with over a week of online screenings (March 31– April 9), and Saturday, April 12th on home turf, featuring live events from Houston. As they say in the programme details: ‘In addition to open submissions, the festival includes 45-minute curated programs, premieres, […]
I am thrilled to introduce On the Cutting Edge: 3 this month. It occurs to me that each instalment brings with it a double revelation, both in the work of the featured author, but also in Marc’s illuminating exegesis. In short this is what every poet would really like – to be really read, really […]
Welcome to CUTTING EDGE no. 2, the second edition of Marc Zegan’s thought-provoking, in-depth discussion of the poetic craft. This month we are being treated to poet, memoirist and vocalist Lo Galluccio and her collection Not for Amnesia (Cervena Barva Press, 2023), written in Brooklyn, in the early 90s, after a romantic breakup. Trying to […]