It would be a reduction to call Tomica Bajsić a war poet. It is true that his poetry is a voice of record, and undoubtedly, his former profession as a special forces soldier during the most tumultuous days of his nations recent history have shaped him and his work in general. However, Tomica inhabits a wider archetype, of which his war experiences are just one element of a much grander ideal. He is a poet of exploration, of challenge. He is a poet who makes his primary medium a full and unrelenting exaltation of experience, and his poetry follows from this worldview. In a generous interview, Tomica Bajsić, for the 54th edition of Maintenant, discusses his unique life and poetry.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-54-tomica-bajsic/
Accompanying the interview are seven of Tomica's poems.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/tomica-bajsic-seven-poems/
We have finalised the next Maintenant reading program, as part of the Lithuanian Declassified Arts project. http://www.lithuanianembassy.co.uk/index.php?-157739503
3am magazine & the Maintenant series presents in conjunction with Europe house presents
Nauja Poezija: Young Lithuanian & British poets in collaboration
April Friday 8th - 7pm - Entrance free to all (32 Smith Square, London SW1P)
Donatas Petrošius // Gabriele Labanauskaite // Tomas S. Butkus // Agnes Lehoczky //
Jeff Hilson & Tim Atkins // Kate Kililea // Jon Shaw // Amy De'Ath // Holly Pester // & more
We welcome three of Lithuania's finest young poets to London with a reception at Europe House and an exchange of poetry from some of the finest native poets the city has to offer.
3am magazine & the Maintenant series presents in conjunction with the Rich Mix presents
Declassified: Lithuanian & British poets in collaboration
April Saturday 9th - 7pm - Entrance free to all
(35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA www.richmix.org.uk)
Tim Atkins & Tomas S. Butkus
Donatas Petrošius & Chris McCabe
Jeremy Reed & Gabriele Labanauskaite
A unique evening of exchange and collaboration between six of the finest poets in Europe communicating the rare command of their poetry, highlighting their shared engagement along with their own distinctive understanding of what is poetic.
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