wishing everyone well, some things I did when things were done, early 2020
My new book - I will show you the life of the mind (on prescription drugs) - was launched with events at Rich Mix, Torriano and Museum of Futures, in and around London, alongside a pride of fellow Dostoyevsky Wannabe list-mates. All the performances theenemiesproject.com/dostoyevskywannabe and the book is available www.amazon.co.uk/Will-Show-Life-prescription-drugs/dp/B0849T1PRK
A chat with Anthony Etherin of Penteract Press for their new Podcast series, discussing legacy, the pointlessness of my work and upcoming projects https://penteractpress.com/p-p-p/2020/3/6/episode-02-steven-fowler
3am magazine is doing a series of features of writers in lockdown and this is me with chimp mask and seagull https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/3am-in-lockdown-11-s-j-fowler
An interview with Rich Mix for their raised-at-rich-mix season, as 2020 is my tenth year working with the arts centre. Discussing the postponement of the European Poetry Festival and the pointlessness of my work https://richmix.org.uk/raised-rich-mix-interview-with-european-poetry-festivals-steven-fowler/
Klang Farben Text in Munich : a mini-festival of concrete poetry and collaborations in the Lyrik Kabinett. Days of new performances and discussions on visual poetry with nearly a dozen of UK and German vispo writers. / All the performances from the likes of Eugen Gomringer, Chris McCabe, Victoria Bean, Kim Campanello et al here https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/klangfarbentext plus my blog / writeup on the project, my performances Building a Sponge Poem an awkward Powerpoint Presentation and discussing Bob Cobbing.
New short fiction published on Queen's Mob Teahouse, about brain damage maybe - Traumic Knock https://queenmobs.com/2020/03/fiction-traumic-knock
A comprehensive review of my selected collaborations : Nemeses by Robert Sheppard at Stride http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2020/04/forming-transitory-but-generous.html/
The Q&A online of the premiere of Worm Wood at Whitechapel Gallery with Tereza Stehlikova and David Spittle. www.stevenjfowler.com/blog/2020/1/31/a-note-on-screening-wormwood
New poetry-fiction in Hotel Magazine https://partisanhotel.co.uk/The-Life-of-the-Mind/
The Escape Artist - BBC Radio 3 I make brief but juicy appearances throughout Ross Sutherland's remarkable 10 part audio essay on the life and work of Arthur Cravan. All available to download / listen https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000djhy
Continuing my Nemesia series of new collaborations with European poets at Wazogate, a brilliant Spanish journal, my alternative oulipo methods with Anatol Knotek https://www.wazogate.com/alternative-oulipo-methods