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Seamus Heaney and all that… (March 29th, 2009)

There seems to be some debate raging in the pages of Jacket magazine, over the writing and the legacy of Seamus Heaney. Jeffrey Side has written an article somewhat critical of Heaney, in which he takes issue (as a jumping-off point…

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Two Heads (March 17th, 2009)

I’ve just been pointed to this new project by Wes White of the excellent and lavishly praised Attack!!! magazine. For Two Heads, Wes teams up with another person each month to produce characteristically visual, inventive writing. The first issue, with…

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Please Say Something (March 2nd, 2009)

I’ve just been pointed to this excellent short animation. I’m not much of a follower of animation – partly just out of not knowing where to look – so David OReilly is a new name to me, but this piece,…

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Kim Cascone Field Diffusion Video (February 19th, 2009)

Browsing Youtube I just came across this video, which is the perfect complement to Kim’s recent essay in Geometer the grain of the auditory field. The video documents a piece Kim set up in Budapest last year, and it gives…

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Coming Up: David Peace & Short Fiction (February 16th, 2009)

We’re currently preparing two upcoming issues, one on Short Fiction, and a second on cult British author David Peace, whose Red Riding Quartet and The Damned Utd are both forthcoming as television and film adaptations respectively.
In both cases we welcome submissions of…

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Geometer on Facebook (February 16th, 2009)

Geometer now has a page on Facebook – if you’re on Facebook please sign up at the link below for updates on new articles and events, discussion plus the other handy things that I’m sure we’ll soon work out how to…

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Comment Deletion Apologies! (February 15th, 2009)

While clearing out all the adverts for porn, prescription drugs and russian mp3 sites that every public website accrues I accidentally deleted a lot of legitimate comments. Apologies if yours was among them – this wasn’t intentional (unless you posted…

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What ever happened to the Working Class? (January 16th, 2009)

Helpfully arriving in time for our own Art and Politics issue, Andrew O’Hagan wrote an article (actually an extract from his George Orwell Memorial Lecture) in the Guardian this past weekend. In it, he took the chance to consider what…

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Irrepressibles EP/DVD Released (January 3rd, 2009)

Happy New Year Everyone. We’ll be resuming normal service shortly, but for the moment here’s a quick pseudo-plug for a great band we covered in Geometer a few months back:

The Irrepressibles’ new EP/DVD, is now available through Rough Trade. The music…

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Excellent Poetry Magazine – Fascicle (December 15th, 2008)

I recently read an old interview with Tony Frazer on Argotist Online in which he recommends a US based magazine Fascicle, edited by Tony Tost. It really is a fantastic magazine, with some truly stunning work. The editor really sets out his…

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