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Rupert Copping on Skylight Press
Rupert Copping was born in London into an eccentric and bohemian family. As in infant, in the early fifties, he was taken to Ecuador by his mother and stepfather – the latter being, among other things, a herpetologist. As a … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, New authors, Uncategorized
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A Skylit Gallery
Skylight Press has been truly blessed in many ways in its first two years of existence and one of the more marvellous developments, completely unforeseen and unplanned, is that many of its authors and compilers just also happen to be … Continue reading
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Basil King reads from Learning to Draw/ A History!
Poet & Painter Basil King reads from his latest book Learning to Draw/A History (Skylight Press). A film about Basil King and his work will be coming out September 2012. This video and the upcoming film is made by Nicole Peyrafitte … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British Literature, Literature, Poetry
Tagged American literature, American Poetry, Art, Art scene, arts, Basil King, British Literature, British poetry, contemporary art, expressionism, Film, New York City, Nicole Peyrafitte, Painting, Performance art, poetry, Poetry Project, video
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Visions of the Drowning Man by Dee Sunshine
I have lost these bones/ scattered them in mad patterns like a lunatic shaman/ out of his mind on iboga, trying to pull polar-opposite hemispheres together again. Visions of the Drowning Man is the third book of poetry from Glaswegian … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, avant garde, Baudelaire, British Literature, British Novel, British poetry, charcoal drawings, consummate craftsman, d m thomas, Darkwave, Dee Sunshine, Drawing, ecole des beaux arts, edinburgh college of art, Experimental Art, experimental literature, fiction, Glasgow, Gothic literature, hieronymus bosch, Marc Chagall, mercurial nature, Painter, Painting, poetic muse, poetry, poetry reader, poetry zine, Rimbaud, Romantic Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Scottish Novel, Scottish poetry
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Dee Sunshine on Skylight Press
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Dee Sunshine came to poetry at a young age, winning the Lochaber High School poetry competition in 1979. Soon after he liaised with an active London poetry scene and published a couple of chapbooks. Always interested … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, avant garde, Baudelaire, British Literature, British Novel, British poetry, charcoal drawings, Darkwave, Dee Sunshine, Drawing, ecole des beaux arts, edinburgh college of art, Experimental Art, experimental literature, fiction, Glasgow, Gothic literature, Marc Chagall, Painter, Painting, poetry, poetry zine, Rimbaud, Romantic Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Scottish Novel, Scottish poetry
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Learning to Draw/ A History by Basil King
Skylight Press is proud to present the first complete version of Learning to Draw/ A History, which has been previously serialised in various small presses and online zines to some acclaim. The book is the life’s work of painter and … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Abstract Expressionism, American Poetry, Art, Artist, Basil King, Beat poetry., Beat scene, Black Mountain College, Daniel Staniforth, Green Man, Literature, London, New York Art scene, Painter, Painting
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Through the Skylight 