brand new material poem



THE MATERIAL POEM
an e-anthology of text-based art & inter-media writing

The Material Poem is a new e-anthology, edited by James Stuart and published by non-generic productions. It features the work of some 28 Australian poets, artists and critics, all of whom are engaged with poetry, and more broadly language, as a material form.

This body of work is inter-disciplinary, inter-media and often collaborative, spanning a wide variety of formal contexts – page, screen, canvas, space, book, performance and more. The Material Poem showcases the vibrancy of experimental writing in Australia, demonstrating how writing functions as a practice that is never purely literary.

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CONTRIBUTORS
ALEX SELENITSCH | AMANDA STEWART | CHRIS EDWARDS | ELENA KNOX | FRANZ EHMANN | GARETH JENKINS |HAZEL SMITH | JAMES STUART | JILL JONES & ANNETTE WILLIS | JOHANNA FEATHERSTONE | KLARE LANSON | KOMNINOS ZERVOS | KRISTIN HANNAFORD | LINDA CARROLI | LINDA MARIE WALKER | MICHAEL FARRELL | NATASHA DUSENJKO | NICK KEYS | NORMANA WIGHT & ANNE KIRKER | PATRICK JONES | PETER LYSSIOTIS | PETER O’MARA | RICHARD TIPPING | RUARK LEWIS | WAYZGOOSE PRESS

CREDITS
Editor & Designer: James Stuart
268pp (incl. covers)
Size: A4 (297 x 210 mm).
ISBN 978-0-9803952-0-4
First published 2007 by non-generic productions, Bondi NSW.

Comments

kickknees said…
hi Jill,

Nick Keys here (where ever here is). I have been meaning to run into you in the blogasphere - or is it blogosphere? It was a lovely dinner we had at the Emperor's Garden after the material poem launch. It was very nice to sit next to you and gossip electronica. I also plugged the material poem on my blog, and geez it's a fine compilation. I think I'm going to print the whole thing out.

See you round,
bests,
Nick.
15/08/2007, 16:29
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