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SUMMARY:The Little Magazine Symposium
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DESCRIPTION:Little poetry magazines had a profound impact on literature i
 n the late twentieth century as a conduit for the avant-garde during a p
 eriod when the mainstream British literary press was largely controlled 
 by just a handful of traditionalists who abhorred experimentalism. As ne
 w exciting forms of verse and literature developed on both sides of the 
 Atlantic it was these periodicals which fomented what became known as th
 e ‘British Poetry Revival’\, little magazines attracting a whole new rea
 dership to experimental verse. This rise of poetry magazines and small p
 resses from the late-1950s was assisted by the new availability of cheap
 er printing technologies (offset lithograph\, Mimeograph and early photo
 copiers). By the 1960s dozens of independent publishers and hundreds of 
 poetry journals appeared around the UK – particularly in what we might c
 all ‘industrial England’ - the Midlands and the North.\n\nThis symposium
  combines reflections from those involved in the little poetry magazine 
 scene of the 1960s and 70s (Tina Morris\, Jim Burns\, Jim Pennington) wi
 th some of the leading writers about the small presses (Sophie Seita\, R
 oss Hair\, Doug Field) in a relaxed exploration of the idiom. The event 
 begins with an exciting opportunity to see rare poetry magazines from Th
 e John Rylands Library collection with archivist Jessica Smith.\n\nEvent
  schedule - am: John Rylands Library\, 150 Deansgate\n\n10.00 Introducti
 on – Doug Field and Bruce Wilkinson\n10.20 Archive Encounter – Jessica S
 mith\n11.00 Bruce Interviews Tina Morris\n11.45 Jim Burns\n12.30 Lunch\n
 Lecture Theatre Ellen Wilkinson\n1.45 Jim Pennington\n2.30 Sophie Seita\
 n3.15 Interval \n3.30 Ross Hair\n\n\n10.00 Introduction – Doug Field and
  Bruce Wilkinson\nSenior Lecturer in 20th Century American Literature at
  the University of Manchester\, Dr Field is a regular contributor to the
  Times Literary Supplement\, has written extensively about Jeff Nuttall 
 and My Own Mag publication\, and he co-edited the re-issue of Bomb Cultu
 re (Strange Attractor\, 2018).\nBruce Wilkinson produced Hidden Culture\
 , Forgotten History (Penniless Press\, 2017) about little poetry magazin
 es and their countercultural impact and he is currently further developi
 ng his research in that area.\n10.20 Archive Encounter – Jessica Smith\n
 Jess is the archivist for several extensive poetry and countercultural c
 ollections at The John Rylands Library including those of Jeff Nuttall\,
  Jim Burns\, Dom Sylvester Huedard\, Dave Cunliffe and the Carcanet Pres
 s. This will be a rare opportunity to take a close-up look at original m
 agazines with a discussion about their production.\n11.00 Bruce Intervie
 ws Tina Morris\nPoet and the co-editor of the BB Books small press and P
 oetmeat magazine in the 1960s Tina Morris played a major role in bringin
 g avant-garde literature to a wider audience through both publishing and
  readings. Tina used the press to produce radical environmental and anim
 al rights material alongside activism and she is now an author of severa
 l books.\n11.45 Jim Burns\nEditor of Move and Palantir magazines\, the p
 oet Jim Burns was one of the first to recognise and write about the wide
 r importance of little poetry magazines with a regular column in Tribune
  and articles in the Guardian\, New Society and several small press publ
 ications.\n12.30 Lunch\nLecture Theatre Ellen Wilkinson\n1.45 Jim Pennin
 gton\nPoetry magazine editor\, small press operator\, collector and afic
 ionado Jim Pennington probably knows more about the little magazine scen
 e than anyone else in the UK and\, what’s more\, he is happy to share th
 is knowledge with you.\n2.30 Sophie Seita\nSophie Seita’s Provisional Av
 ant-Gardes: Little Magazine Communities from Dada to Digital (Stamford U
 niversity Press\, 2019) is one of the most exciting recent books about t
 he scene\, bringing the study and archiving of small press publications 
 right up-to-date. Poet and playwright\, Sophie Seita joins us (via Skype
 ) from the US to share her thoughts on the scene.\n3.15 Interval \n3.30 
 Ross Hair\nSenior Lecturer in American Studies at the University of East
  Anglia Ross Hair produced the fantastic Avant-Folk: Small Press Poetry 
 Networks from 1950 to the Present (Liverpool University Press\, 2016) al
 ongside monographs and articles on verse and ‘the intersections between 
 literature\, music\, and visual art’.\n\n\n4.15 Conclusion\n\nAttendance
  is free but booking is required:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-li
 ttle-magazine-symposium-tickets-90954394041?ref=estw
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LOCATION:Christie Room\, John Rylands Research Institute and Library\, 15
 0 Deansgate\, Manchester\, Gtr Manchester\, M3 3EH
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