Small Presses, Big Ideas
December 20th, 2007 by Russell DaviesPhill Jupitus used to be Porky The Poet. I’d forgotten that, so I was a bit surprised when he popped up presenting a programme about small poetry presses. But he’s the perfect person; he clearly revels in the tactile and sensory splendour of these little volumes and gets the poets to enthuse splendidly about this eccentric and essential world. It’s nice to hear a mention for the News From Nowhere bookshop and The Reader, and to be reminded just how posh and disdainful all those Spenders, Steins and TS Eliots sounded. (MP3 here)
December 23rd, 2007 at 11:31 am
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