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)
