small press

Episode 105: James Knight, Steel Incisors

Recorded on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 James Knight: https://thebirdking.com/category/visual-poetry/ https://www.hempressbooks.com/authors/james-knight steel incisors: https://www.steelincisors.com/ James is on the show by way of thanks for steel incisors’ support of the AngelHousePress Caring Imagination crowd funding campaign as a donator of publications from steel incisors. We speak about poetry as a provocation and performance, visual poetry, hierarchies, the…

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Episode 96: Hem Press

The Small Machine Talks Episode 96 Hem Press with Richard Capener Recorded on Thursday, November 24, 2022, release day for James Knight’s Cosmic Horror and Josh Allsop’s purge fluid In this final episode in the small press series of 2022, I speak with Richard, the editor of Hem Press about its beginnings, influences, the work…

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Episode 92, Season 7 Opener with Paul Hawkins of Hesterglock Press

https://hesterglock.net/ https://www.instagram.com/hesterglock/ Paul Hawkins Each What Studio Recorded on August 2, 2022 Paul and I discuss his background as poet, publisher, visual artist, member of bands, protestor, squatter, refuse collector, office worker, builder, labourer, recovering drug addict, person with borderline personality disorder, survivor and how these different experiences molded him and Hesterglock Press. https://hesterglock.net/Sarer-ScotthorneI ask…

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Episode 82: Coven Editions

Recorded on Nov 29, 2021 Visit Coven Editions https://www.coveneditions.com/ and buy chapbooks. We discuss the beginnings of Coven Editions, the collaboration between the founders, Emilia Morgan and Stephanie Meloche. We discuss individual chapbooks, broadsides and the online magazine, deathcap. We share our love for handmade chapbooks, paper and all things small press. Emilia and Stephanie…

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Episode 70: The Small Machine Talks with Sacha Archer

Recorded on Sunday, November 15, 2020 Sacha Archer lives in Ontario, Canada with his wife and two daughters. He is the editor of Simulacrum Press. Archer’s latest chapbooks are Lines of Sight (nOIR:Z, 2020) and Houses (no press, 2020). Forthcoming chapbooks include Models (Simulacrum Press) and Framing Poems (Timglaset). His concrete poetry has been exhibited…

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Episode 67: Gary Barwin

The Small Machine Talks Interviews Gary Barwin Episode 66 Recorded on October 15, 2020 http://serifofnottingham.blogspot.com/ Latest visual poetry book: Ampers&thropocene (Penteract Press) https://penteractpress.com/store/ampersampthropocene-gary-barwin Gary’s interview on the Penteract Press podcast https://penteractpress.com/p-p-p/2020/8/26/episode-14-gary-barwin-ampersampthropocene-launch We have a fascinating and inspiring conversation about visual poetry, language and text, its interaction with the world. We discuss his videos, process, the…

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We discuss past & upcoming poetry events in Toron…

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