Steven J Fowler chats asemic poetry and the kindness of the avant-garde writing world with Michelle Moloney King.

No editing of this video, forgive the cough at the beginning as I whip baby grows out of the shot view, lockdown life, eh! I live the meta vibe of no editing so enjoy or not, whatever.

What a cool chap, so kind and considered...to have so many avant-garde books published and so open to supporting all in the field....sound fella.

WHO:SJ Fowler is a writer, poet and artist who lives in London.

His work has been commissioned by Tate Modern, BBC Radio 3, Somerset House, Tate Britain, London Sinfonietta, Southbank Centre, National Centre for Writing, National Poetry Library, Science Museum and Liverpool Biennial amongst others.

He has published eight collections of poetry, five of artworks, six of collaborative poetry plus volumes of selected essays and selected collaborations. His writing has explored subjects as diverse as prescription drugs, films, fight sports, museums, prisons and animals.

He is the founder and curator of The Enemies Project and Poem Brut as well as poetry editor at 3am magazine and former executive editor at The Versopolis Review. He is lecturer in Creative Writing and English Literature at Kingston University, has taught at Tate Modern, Poetry School and Photographer's Gallery and is a Salzburg Global Fellow. He is the director of Writers' Centre Kingston and European Poetry Festival.

LINKS:

S J Folwer website and Twitter

http://www.stevenjfowler.com/

https://twitter.com/stevenjfowler

Asker of questions

https://michellemoloneyking.com/

https://twitter.com/MoloneyKing

https://beirbuajournal.wordpress.com/Beir Bua Journal

https://beirbuajournal.wordpress.com/

https://twitter.com/BeirBuaJournal