Bonjour Tetris
Published on 1. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-0-9565467-0-8 (ISBN)
Description
From retro computer games and Hollywood blockbusters to the West Indian cricketer Brian Lara - no field of contemporary culture is safe from Simon Barraclough's sophisticated and inclusive vision.
Reviews / Votes
Is this the best title for anything, ever? - Londonist Aside from the fact that this may be the best ever name for a published volume of poetry, the physical object is itself a thing of marvellous beauty. Besides, when Penned in the Margins are taking care to produce such marvellous pamphlets and then packaging them so that you feel like you're opening a birthday present instead of a slim volume of poetry, why would you prefer screen to stamped, limited edition, sand-coloured boxes. - Crystal Bennes Videogames, TV, film, radio and other media monsters are caught in his lens until fun shares the screen with intelligence, beauty, and a mischievous wit. - SabotageMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Weight
81 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9565467-0-8 (9780956546708)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Simon's debut collection, Los Alamos Mon Amour was published by Salt in 2008 and was a finalist for a Forward prize. Since then he has published Bonjour Tetris with Penned in the Margins and his second full collection from Salt, Neptune Blue, came out in 2011. In between publications, Simon enjoys developing live, multi-media events, the most recent being Psycho Poetica in 2010 and The Debris Field (with Isobel Dixon and Chris McCabe) in 2012. He has collaborated with the artist Carolina Melis on several short films and currently works as a tutor for The Poetry School.
Content
Incorrigibly Plural In Memoriam Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916-2010) Bounded in a Nutshell Jurassic Coast Flashbacks of a Fool Examination at Doom's Door Bad Quarto Kings Cross Sections Gomorrah is Another Day Brian Lara Calls Us to the Things of this World Cinema Purgatorio WY Bride of Pinbot Zabriskie Point A Villanelle for Jules et Jim Being a Woman You Will Cheats & Hints