Conversation – Sabotage

“Go, go, go said the bird”: Hannah Silva in conversation with Alan Alpenfelt of Human Kind Records

April 18, 2018April 16, 2018 Editor Alan Alpenfelt, Elfriede Jelinek, Hannah Silva, Human Kind Records, Julian Sartorius, Luca Martegano, sound poetry, Tomomi Adachi, Zeno Gabaglio

Go, go, go said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality. Time past and time future What might

Conversation Slider Spoken Word

“We want spoken word theatre to go global, so we have to be the force making that happen”: in Conversation with Sophia Walker

December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 Editor Dike Chukwumerije, Jeanann Verlee, Katie Bonna, Koleka Putuma, Melizarani Selva, Sam Sax, Sophia Walker, South Africa, Spoken Word, spoken word theatre, the spoken word theatre foundation

-Interviewed by Claire Trévien– BBC Slam Champion Sophia Walker is an internationally renowned poet and teaching artist. Her spoken word

Conversation Interview

“Everything is within the context of the paper”: In Conversation with Joseph Makkos

May 29, 2017October 21, 2017 Editor Borrowed Time and Ink, Cocktail Poems, DADA, Eric Alleman, Gina Ferrara, Hobby Horse, Jeff Pagano, Joseph Bienvenu, Joseph Makkos, Language Foundry, Makeshift, Michael Ford, New Orleans, New Orleans Poetry Festival, No Good Poetry, Noize Fest, Sub-house, Variable Compass

-In Conversation with Claire Trévien– I was lucky enough to attend and review the second New Orleans Poetry Festival last

Conversation Interview

“the right to language”: in conversation with Mark Cugini at Big Lucks Books

May 1, 2017April 12, 2018 Editor Big Lucks Books, Ginger Ko, interview, Kina Viola, Laura Spencer, Mark Cugini, New Orleans, New Orleans Poetry Festival

-Interviewed by Claire Trévien– While attending the New Orleans Poetry Festival, I took Mark Cugini aside to ask him a few

Conversation

“t-h-i-s-space-i-s-space-space-space-space-space-space”: in Conversation with Giles Turnbull

February 26, 2017March 17, 2017 Editor Cinnamon Press, Disability Arts Cymru, Giles L Turnbull, Nuala Watt, Wales

-In conversation with Claire Trévien– Giles L. Turnbull is a blind poet. He spent the first half of his life

Conversation

Aerial Publishing: Collective and Community Publishing in Grahamstown, South Africa

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 Editor Aerial Publishing, Anton Krueger, Bongani Madondo, Colleen Higgs, Deep South, Grahamstown, Harry Owen, ISEA, Marike Beyers, NELM, Reddits Poetry, Robert Berold, Sonwabo Meyi, South Africa

-Collated by Claire Trévien– After stumbling on a copy of Anton Krueger’s Everyday Anomalies in Cape Town, I assumed its

Conversation

‘You must teach the stuff you love’: in conversation with Robert Berold

September 11, 2016 Editor Aerial Publishing, Bila, Claire Trévien, David Hinton, Deep South, Denis Hirson, Dladla, Grahamstown, Guy Butler, Harry Owen, Joza, Kelwyn Sole, Kenneth Rexroth, Motsapi, NELM, New Coin, Nxumalo, Nyezwa, Rampolokeng, Reddits Poetry, Robert Berold, Seitlhamo Motsapi, South Africa, William Carlos Williams, Zhuwao

-In Conversation with Claire Trévien– South African poet Robert Berold, born 1948, is the author of four books of poems.

Conversation

KZN Literary Tourism: In Conversation with Rasvanth Chunylall

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 Editor Apartheid, Aziz Hassim, Durban, Futhi Ntshingila, KZN, KZN Literary Tourism, Lindy Stiebel, Literary Tourism, Melissa Delport, Rasvanth Chunylall, Sifiso Mzobe, South Africa

Claire Trévien: All right, what is KZN Literary Tourism exactly? is an archive of psychogeography? Rasvanth Chunylall: KZN Literary Tourism is a research project

Conversation Interview

‘Making rain’: In Conversation with Colleen Higgs

January 20, 2016 Editor Balobedu, Beverly Rycroft, Colleen Higgs, Ingrid Jonker, Joan Metelerkamp, Khadija Heeger, Modjaji Books, Small Publishers' Catalogue: Africa, South Africa

-Interviewed by Claire Trévien– Modjaji Books was founded in 2007 by Colleen Higgs to make a space for southern African

Collection Conversation

‘Liminal spaces’: an interview with Nick Mulgrew

January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 Editor Cape Town, Genna Gardini, Kokstad, Kwazulu-Natal, Nick Mulgrew, Prufrock, South Africa, Thabo Jijana, uHlanga, Xhosa

-In Conversation with Claire Trévien– Nick Mulgrew, the brains behind new poetry publisher uHlanga, is determined to inject some vitality

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