Nauja poezija: Lithuanian in British poets in collaboration
8-9 April, 2011. 3am magazine & the Maintenant series in conjunction with Europe house and Lithuanian Embassy in London presents Nauja Poezija: Young Lithuanian & British poets in collaboration, two poetry events on the 8th and 9th of April. Alongside Lithuania's finest young poets Donatas Petrošius, Gabrielė Labanauskaitė and Tomas S. Butkus, a half dozen resident poets, featuring Agnes Lehoczky, Jeff Hilson, Jon Shaw, Tim Atkins, Holly Pester, Kate Kililea etc..., will read short excerpts from their work, exchanging and communicating the rare command of their poetry, highlighting their shared engagement along with their own distinctive understanding of what is poetic. It will be two energetic and memorable evenings.
Donatas Petrošius
The 3am magazine Maintenant series aims to evidence the continued pertinence of poetry for a new generation of talent from a diverse selection of European poetic traditions. The interviews, and the poetry that accompanies them, have shown the slow dissolution of stylistic recalcitrance, internal bias to gender and race, methodological snobbery and poetical jingoism. The fusion of poetic expression inevitable in a world of increased communication, access and political freedom is remarkable and cause for optimism where so often there is pessimism in poetry circles. The range and depth of poetry on display, and it’s standard, is a small representation of what each nation is producing.
The Maintenant dictum is to introduce poets that might lie outside of the Anglo-American scene, or be overlooked until they have reached the prominence of middle age. Though not an orthodoxy, we also aim to introduce poets who might be considered experimental or seminal. The series is published each Sunday at www.3ammagazine.com and features an extensive interview coupled with a selection of poetry of the poet’s choosing in English translation.
Maintenant also promotes multiple reading projects each year where groups of poets from individual nations collaborate with innovative and established poets from the UK to perform in London. So far Romanian, Norwegian and Icelandic poets have been engaged in workshops, anthology publications, readings and lectures. 2011's program will begin with Lithuanian poets for a host of new events.
Nauja Poezija: Young Lithuanian & British poets in collaboration. April Friday 8th - 7pm - Entrance free to all (32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU). Donatas Petrošius // Gabrielė Labanauskaitė // Tomas S. Butkus // Agnes Lehoczky // Jeff Hilson & Tim Atkins // Kate Kililea // Jon Shaw // Amy De'Ath // Holly Pester // & more
Declassified: Lithuanian & British poets in collaboration. April Saturday 9th - 7pm - Entrance free to all (35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA www.richmix.org.uk). Tim Atkins & Tomas S. Butkus // Donatas Petrošius & Chris McCabe // Jeremy Reed & Gabrielė Labanauskaitė
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