Emily Brygger

Being away from Finland means I don’t always notice things when I should - Mikael Brygger’s excellent book, Emily, is not only out but FREE as a PDF on Nokturno. Check it: http://npc.nokturno.org/mikael-brygger/

The 4th International

4th international Nýhil Poetry Festival was a hootenanny with Ida Börjel, Ann Cotten, Sureyya Evren, Hanno Millesi and Nina Sös Vinther - as well as 12 Icelandic superpoets. My reading went more or less as planned - but immediately afterwards I got crazy-flu and’ve been caughing houses and midgets since saturday. You can witness my baboonishness here.

Next up is a book of visual poems and sound poems (on CD), out in a few weeks.

Ida Börjel - Konsumentköplagen

Ida Börjel reads from Konsumentköplagen (Consumer Law) in Swedish, with Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir reading my Icelandic translation.

Iceland Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes

Iceland Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes read at the Nýhil International Poetry Festival, 23rd of August, 2008.

Sina Queyras at The Scream Literary Festival

Not a soundpoem

Christian Bök reads a poem. A poem. Not a soundpoem. Just your run-of-the-mill poetified meanings. I think I can even smell the scent of “message”! But then again, who knows, it might be methodical or apropriated, or maybe I’m not paying enough attention and he’s simply speaking in one vowel and two consonants, or something. In any case, I recommend it, the reading’s a hoot and the poem’s a blast.

Capitalism: A Poem

Poem of the day

Today’s poem is Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl