Back in 2011 -- a long time before Chatsworth and Aiyo! were published, I conducted an interview with Pravasan Pillay. In it he talks about his press Tearoom Books, his poetry chapbook Glumlazi, his collaboration with Anton Krueger, Shaggy, and, needless to say, his sense of humour. Read the interview here.
Monday, 29 January 2024
Outside the cave: Selected poems of Gary Cummiskey still available
Outside the cave, the selected poems of Gary Cummiskey, is still available from Dye Hard Press. 162 pages of poetry from 1990 to the present.
Here is one poem from the collection:
Recipe
Take your favourite
book of poems.
Place in an oven dish.
Drizzle (as the menus
always say)
with olive oil.
Place the dish in the middle
of the oven.
Turn to maximum on Grill.
Don’t stop until incinerated.
Cost, including courier to your door, is R260. Regret SA only.
To order please email cummiskeyg@gmail.com
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Dye Hard Press,
Gary Cummiskey,
Kobus Moolman,
Outside the Cave,
poetry
Chatsworth still available at Clarke's in Cape Town
A reminder that Pravasan Pillay's much-acclaimed debut collection of short stories is still available either directly from Dye Hard Press or from Clarke's bookstore in Cape Town. To order direct from Dye Hard Press email cummiskeyg@gmail.com or to order from Clarke's click here.
Monday, 22 January 2024
Sunday, 21 January 2024
Forthcoming from Dye Hard Press: Animal eyeball by Gary Cummiskey and Paul Warren
In the pipeline ... Animal eyeball, a collaborative e-publication between Gary Cummiskey and British artist Paul Warren, with cut-up prose poems by Cummiskey and collages by Warren.
Watch this space!
Labels:
Animal Eyeball,
collage,
cutups,
Dye Hard Press,
Gary Cummiskey,
Paul Warren
Saturday, 20 January 2024
Friday, 19 January 2024
Subhankas Das and Graffiti at the Kolkata Book Fair
Indian poet and publisher Subhankar Das at the Kolkata Book Fair. To the left of his elbow is the latest issue of his literary journal Graffiti, with one of my collages as cover art.
Labels:
art,
collage,
Gary Cummiskey,
Graffiti,
Kolkata,
poetry,
Subhankar Das
Sunday, 14 January 2024
Friday, 12 January 2024
Graffiti on sale at Small Magazine Fair in Kolkata
The latest issue of Bengali literary journal Graffiti on sale at the Small Magazine Fair in Kolkata. The artwork on the cover is a collage by Gary Cummiskey. Thank you, Subhankar Das!
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art,
collage,
Gary Cummiskey,
Graffiti,
Kolkata,
Small Magazine Fair,
Subhankar Das
Leaking dreams by Paul Warren
A collage by British artist Paul Warren, inspired by one of the prose poems in an unpublished cut-up sequence titled Animal eyeball by Gary Cummiskey. 'Leaking dreams' is the title of one of the prose poems.
Labels:
Animal Eyeball,
art,
collage,
cutups,
Paul Warren,
prose poems
Sunday, 31 December 2023
Saturday, 30 December 2023
Tuesday, 26 December 2023
Collage selected for cover of latest issue of Graffiti
My collage 'Sensation desired' has been selected as the cover art of the latest issue of Graffiti literary journal published in Kolkata, India. The publisher, Subhankar Das, will also be publishing my new collection of poetry, Somewhere else.
Labels:
art,
Gary Cummiskey,
Graffiti Kolkata,
Somewhere else,
Subhankar Das
Saturday, 16 December 2023
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