Hey; good news; 'nonsense getting in the way' is part of the making,
Tilla
On 30 Dec 2011, at 06:41, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I'm also a Dusie-ite, though it's been slow going what with every kind
> of nonsense getting in the way: earthquakes, radiation, suicide of
> friend, etc. I've just finished--today!-- the over-sized book of poem/
> engravings for this year. Next step is to scan it and send it to the
> Dusie site. Just wanted to mention too that all of the Dusie chaps
> that
> got to me in Japan last and this year found their way to the Special
> Collections of the University of Maryland/ College Park. Jesse
>
> On 12/30/2011, "BRITISH-IRISH-POETS automatic digest system"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> There is 1 message totaling 135 lines in this issue.
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>> Topics of the day:
>>
>> 1. Dusie project
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>> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:01:01 +0000
>> From: Tilla Brading <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Dusie project
>>
>> Hello Britpoers,
>> The project mentioned below - Dusie - includes people on this list:
>> Christine Kennedy, Giles Goodland, me and others FYI.
>> How it 'functions' is that it has c 100 participants who sent an
>> individual chapbook to all the others so, ergo, each received 99
>> others
>> making a collection. In reality, I received 41 which illustrates that
>> 59 had good intentions but the realism of writing, making, producing x
>> 100 was more then they could take on. Nevertheless it was exciting to
>> receive almost daily, surprise packages of texts. It has had spinoffs
>> of readings and displays and, hopefully will be showcased at this
>> year's Poetry Picnic in Porlock on September 15th 2012 o which Susana
>> Gardner has been invited as the guest poet and other 'Dusie' poets
>> will
>> participate.
>>
>> Happy New Yr,
>>
>> tilla
>>
>>
>> http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2011/12/these-are-books-published-in
>> -2011-that.html
>>
>> The importance of small and alternate presses continues without let-up
>> in the digital age. Independent publishers are more crucial now than
>> they were even a decade ago. Tiny, sometimes shoestring projects like
>> the Dusie Chapbook series are publishing more vital and interesting
>> work than most trade or university houses. I
>> don���t quite understand how
>> the Dusie Kollectiv functions in practice, but I gather they select
>> the
>> authors & give them all the freedom in the world. This makes the
>> resulting editions somewhat fugitive ��� I have
>> no idea whether I have a
>> good collection, a complete collection or only the slightest taste of
>> a
>> collection of the chaps.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tilla Brading
>> Shiplap (Flat 2)
>> 43, Quay St
>> Minehead,
>> TA24 5UL
>>
>> 01643 708160
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Tilla Brading
Shiplap (Flat 2)
43, Quay St
Minehead,
TA24 5UL
01643 708160
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