The galaxy waits for me

 

The lay of the land by Paul Warren, with a foreword by Gary Cummiskey

The lay of the land is a flipbook by UK artist Paul Warren, and consists of 12 collages, with a foreword by Gary Cummiskey.

You can read The lay of the land on Issuu.

Forthcoming from Dye Hard Press: Curry and Bread by Pravasan Pillay

 

Coming soon from Dye Hard Press: Pravasan Pillay's latest book, Curry and Bread. Watch this space!

Lift words

 

Those eyes were watching

 

No time to go

 

Last year's astronaut by Paul Warren

'Last year's astronaut' is a collage by UK artist Paul Warren, and is inspired by my foreward to his forthcoming collage novella Lay of the Land.

Paul is also the creator of the collage novella Desire follows one step behind and collaborated with me on Animal eyeball, a series of seven prose poems by me while he contributed collages.

Only the brave

 

Rereading Left Over by Kobus Moolman

This morning I started rereading Left Over by Kobus Moolman, which Dye Hard Press published in 2013. It was the second Moolman title to be published by Dye Hard Press. 

She's not there

 

Breakin' the plates

 

Chatsworth available again at select Exclusive Books branches

 

Pravasan Pillay's much-acclaimed debut short story collection Chatsworth will soon be available again at Exclusive Books Gateway and La Lucia branches in KwaZulu-Natal.

I don't know, Daddy!

 

I telephoned God available on Bandcamp

 

Great news -- I telephoned God, a 40-minute recording of Gary Cummiskey reading a selection of his poetry and released by Sloow Tapes in Belgium, is now available for download on Bandcamp.

Check it out here.

Not outside but within

 

A Dye Hard Interview: Guided by colours -- Robert Roman speaks about Pascal Ulrich

Robert Roman (R) and Pascal Ulrich in Toulouse 2000

 

Artist and poet Pascal Ulrich was born in Strasbourg in 1964. He started writing poetry at the age of 16 and at 23 he created a small poetry magazine called Dada 64. When he was 25, after a suicide attempt and time spent in a psychiatric hospital, he was given a disability pension and was thereafter able to devote himself to writing and art. Having battled with depression and alcohol problems throughout his life, Ulrich committed suicide in 2009.

Robert Roman is a poet and artist who befriend Ulrich in 1994. After Ulrich’s death he published a biography of him, Pascal Ulrich –  The Lucid Dreamer,  plus several collections of Ulrich’s poems and drawings. In 2014 he formed  the BAKOU 98 association to preserve Ulrich’s work. He  also created a blog devoted to Ulrich’s poetry, art and life.

When and how did you meet Pascal Ulrich? Had you been aware of his art or poetry before you met him?

Pascal Ulrich wrote me a first letter on June 16, 1994. I received it two days later, directly at my workplace. The letter came with a collage. In his letter, Pascal explained to me that he was contacting me following a request from Patrick Oustric, with whom he had been corresponding for several years. And it turns out that this Patrick Oustric, poet, and great lover of ancient letters, was one of my work colleagues! At that time I had not heard of Pascal Ulrich. I responded very quickly and that’s how our friendship began .. Read more