A twist of the pepper Saturday 20th August 2011 :
Wurm Press poets at the Twisted Pepper in Dublin, Ireland ... Normally Wurm heads off for a turn on the prom at Biarritz or Clontarf in August, but this month we've been prevailed upon by our chums at Seven Towers to visit their country pile in Middle Abbey Street, presenting ... Poetry from Wurm Press : Christodoulos Makris, Cah-44, and Karl Parkinson Saturday 20th August 2011 3:00 p.m., The Box (downstairs) The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Ireland free admission _____________________________________ Christodoulos Makris "My tongue is splintered into signs half of me hardly knows." — from 'Nicosia Journal' "I was knocked out by the skill of this writer" — Nuala Ní Chonchúir Christodoulos Makris was born in Nicosia. He studied in Manchester and has lived in London and Dublin. He is currently based in north County Dublin and works for the public library service of Fingal County Council. He is the author of the Wurm Press chapbook "Round the Clock" (2009) and was Dublin regional editor for SUCCOUR magazine. His first collection "Spitting Out the Mother Tongue" (Wurm Press) is now available for preorder, and will be published in September. _____________________________________ Cah-44 ... "An American Serge Gainsbourg" - Casey Scott. In an 18-year career as an actor/writer/performance poet, CAH-44 has appeared in numerous plays, several films, and 1 ballet. His Spoken Word(s) have been heard in 49 US states and 13 countries. He has been found spitting in mics everywhere from a Laundromat in Ohio to a sports stadium in Alaska to a Spiegeltent in Stockholm. He has appeared at the South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas (twice), the inaugural Insomnia Performance Lockdown in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Electric Picnic in Stradbally, County Laois. With fellow expatriate Raven he hosts Tongue Box, a monthly spoken word showcase based at the Cobblestone pub in Smithfield. His work has been seen in print in such places as : The Rocky Mountain Times, Rain City Review, Ace Magazine, and AMP. He was once served an aubergine casserole by Karen Finley. He had seconds. Cah-44's chapbook, "still beat / still beat," is published by Wurm Press. _____________________________________ Karl Parkinson ... "... a beat poet who almost defies description; part Allen Ginsberg, part Snoop Dogg" - Evening Herald Well-known to regulars of Seven Towers events, Karl's chapbook "A Sacrament of Song" was the first of the Wurm Press mimeorevolution chapbook series. He's now working on a first collection for Wurm Press. _____________________________________ To purchase any of the mimeorevolution chapbooks, go to ... http://wurmimapfel.net/wurmpress?start=1 For additional information, write to Wurm im Apfel at ... [email protected] http://wurmimapfel.net/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
