As the publisher of Out of Everywhere, I'd like to utter a heartfelt hear
hear to Doug's messages on the subject of gender (im)balances in current
British "innovative" "avant-garde" (take your pick) poetry. And to
reinforce Cris Cheek's plug for Public Works, Sound&Language's selection of
"new sequence-length writing by women". (My only criticism is the lack of
biographical information on any of its contributors.)
Out of Everywhere was, as much as anything, an attempt to further
transatlantic links, to make connections others might not have made. I
recognise the UK/US/Canada triangle necessarily excluded the rest of the
English-speaking world, but it described an identifiable confluence of
poets writing in non-normative ways, who also happened to be women.
One spin-off has been Lisa Robertson's Debbie: an Epic, co-published
recently by Reality Street Editions together with New Star Press, a
Canadian small press. An illustration perhaps of what Doug means in the
extract below? Also, Barbara Guest's next book, it's just been confirmed,
will be published by Reality Street Editions.
Lastly, if there are any British poets of either sex out there who would
like to be considered for the 4Packs series, RSE's showcase for
not-widely-published poets, please email me & I'll tell you what's
required. We are trying for a gender balance in this series.
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"The notion of more
cooperation between Britain and America on publishing fronts is evidently
one
essential key. It will probably require different small press structures
in
Britain, and a more cooperative outlook: above all, less giving away of
books
(I do this very little these days) -- let our friends buy the fuckers."
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