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Digital Poetics #11 Anyway, the birds live: Hannah Regel
These poems are having a domesticated tantrum.
Digital Poetics #10 what date do other countries celebrate 4th of july? : Caspar Heinemann
Caspar Heinemann returns to the87press with a wandering lyric in response to the 4th of July.
Digital Poetics #9 Solastalgia: Calliope Michail
This poem tangles in self-devouring cycles through Erysichthon’s legacy of exploitation & ecological violence.
Marx After Growth #2 The Esoteric Marx, Sean O'Brien
Who is the 'esoteric' Marx? How is his thought distinct from that of traditional Marxism? Drawing on Marx's critique of value, this lecture offers an overview of the esoteric Marx and considers the implications of his critique for theories of domination, abstraction and crisis.
Digital Poetics #8 These Punks of Zenith: Karen Sandhu
In Sandhu’s poem we are all punks. Chewed up yet skipping along the open road. This is a journey of fire and art and pink blusher.
Digital Poetics #7 ADVICE FROM MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER: POEM FOR THE DAUGHTER I NEVER HAD: Bhanu Kapil
Bhanu Kapil's fierce lyric captures the entangled skein of white supremacy and empire; holding them in its gaze, in its teeth.
Digital Poetics #6 Minor concerns addressed to the spacecraft: Kat Sinclair
Kat Sinclair's 'Minor concerns addressed to the spacecraft' enivsages the listless everdayness that might accompany the impending doom of a spacecraft landing, and how an embodied response plays out.
Digital Poetics #5 On Naïve and Sentimental Poetry: Dom Hale
Dom Hale's 'On Naïve and Sentimental Poetry' is an ode in solidarity and love for much-missed friends and comrades, sounding out through the locked down scrambled seasons.
Marx After Growth #1 An Introduction to Marx’s Critique: Sean O'Brien
This first lecture from 'Marx After Growth' offers an overview of Marx's method and the core categories of his critique: from the commodity, labour and value to the general formula for capital, the general law of capitalist accumulation and the reproduction of the class relation.
Digital Poetics #4 fragments from Munchausen by eproxy resin: Rob Kiely
Munchausen by eproxy resin is an attempt at a satire of Elon Musk by Rob Kiely. Fragments available here.
Digital Poetics #3 Scherzos Benjyosos 3: Keston Sutherland
One of a forthcoming set of four scherzos, all in ternary form, all with designs on new life, albeit Benjy’s.
Digital Poetics #2 Summer on Lock: Ed Luker
Summer is a time for leisure and to be with friends. In poems, the idea of summer and seasonal change can be a herald of hope for the future. During a global pandemic, what do we do with our hopes? Within all the new and old restrictions, poems can nourish our fantasies, desires, anticipate the world beyond.
Digital Poetics #1 Ventolin: Luke Roberts
A half spring-time ode half elegy called 'Ventolin' by Luke Roberts. The first in our 24 part Digital Poetics series.
University of Nottingham MA Creative Writing Student Showcase
Inspired by a workshop from our director Azad Ashim Sharma, below you will find a selection prose and poetry by MA students of Creative Writing at the University of Nottingham.
from 'Lymbs & Deliriums' by Zachary Knowland-Barker
An excerpt from 'Lymbs & Deliriums' by Zachary Knowland-Barker.
On the Return to a Foreign Land by Ashwani Sharma
On the Return to a Foreign Land by Ashwani Sharma.
Always I Scream at the Seaside by Harshad Keval
Always I Scream at the Seaside by Harshad Keval.
For the University of Real Social Relations by Alex Houen and Geoff Gilbert
For the University of Real Social Relations by Alex Houen and Geoff Gilbert.
In praise of the shoes I walked into the last decade in by Latifa Akay
In praise of the shoes I walked into the last decade in by Latifa Akay