Quite something to say this was the most intense event of the festival, especially after the Swiss event, but I think it was. Boiling hot, completely full, out in Ealing enjoying the unusual hospitality of Mandie Wilde at Open Ealing, our three Slovenian poets were each so fully committed to their collaborations and performances, something came together here, something heady and surreal at times. The sense of camaraderie was really distinct too. https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/slovenia22
For my part, literally put together minutes before and arranged the night before, I did a quick improv collaboration with Maud van Hauwaert. Her work is so attractive, accomplished, we gelled I think, and could’ve done an hour.
