Scream Readings
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Last monday night (July 13) I performed with Paul Dutton at the Scream Literary Festival Mainstage outside in the warm but comfortable summer evening (the days here are not as comfortable). Paul and I were doing an expanded repeat of last years performance and I for one thoroughly enjoyed it despite... »
Award this!
A few years ago the Icelandic poetry world was rocked by a tectonic scandal that nobody noticed for weeks (and by now, everyone’s forgotten about). The country’s most prestigious poetry award, Ljóðstafur Jóns úr Vör, was given to the wrong poet. A young man from one of Reykjavík’s neighbouring towns was called up and... »
High Park Screaming
I will perform with Paul Dutton at the coming Scream Literary Festival, for the second year in a row. The festival takes place in Toronto, Canada, from July 2-13 – and I will read on the last day, mainstage: Scream in High Park. Expected turnout is 750-1.000 people (!!!) Amongst other people performing (the... »
The Scream and back again
Poetry. It’s what we all know and love. It’s what moves the earth and breaks our hearts, the ebb and flow of our spiritual lives – makes the world go round, makes the merry-go-round go round, feeds the wallets of artists and the bardic hunger of aficionados. I just got back from the Scream... »
Lexiconjury Scream
Lexiconjury reading was amazing – got to read with the legendary Paul Dutton, was called back for an encore, as well as being put on the spot the day after. Click here to see videos. Still in Toronto – tonight: apropriation with Kenny G. All sorts of craziness on the way. Check out www.thescream.ca... »
The Scream
TRAILER In a world without poetry, a reading series is found. History considered it dead, and who would argue with history? And yet here, a sonic power, where past and future collide, is unleashed. It’s a doorway to another dimension, a dimension called Lexiconjury! Kennedy and rawlings, lexiconjurors bent on the destruction of all... »
You are a pipe
I One’s understanding of one’s own language is limited, one’s understanding of other languages is even more limited, and a perfect transferal of a text from one language to another is impossible simply because the languages are two different ones. “Boat” is not the same as “bátur,” which is not the same as “Boot”... »