Without a Form (Anthology)

'Without a Form / Without Forms' is an anthology resulting from a 6-week poetry course of the same name, run by Lotte L.S. over summer 2024 at Great Yarmouth library, exploring poetry histories, techniques and movements — including the Black Arts Movement; militant writing from Brazil; L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry; Free Verse poetry in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, the archives of contemporary poets such as Jay Bernard and Gail McConnell (currently housed at the University of East Anglia); and the Victorian poetry anthology The Golden Treasury, edited by F.T. Palgrave from Great Yarmouth.

The pamphlet includes a selection of materials from the course, that aims to capture the spirit of those 6 weeks: extracts of some of the poems read together — from the Golden Treasury, historical poetry movements, and UEA archives — annotated and scanned; and poems written by participants during the course, in response and conversation with these materials. Including an introduction by Lotte L.S., and a note. on F.T. Palgrave by Jeremy Noel-Tod.

Contributors: Rachel A.H., honor ash, Caroline Cardus, Hayley Chaplin, Mary H.S., Lee Jonas, Laiza Mailes, Gia Mawusi, Jan McLachlan, Jason Parr, Jane Rudd, Mark C Sargeant, Many Selves, Mike Spragg.

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80 pages, A5 | Designed & edited by Lotte L.S. | published by red herring press
in an edition of 200 | October 2024.

£5 including UK shipping. | £10 including shipping to rest of world. | £3.50 to Great Yarmouth residents: collect from red herring press, 135 King Street, Great Yarmouth (or get in touch).

All money goes back into future activities and publications of the writing group formed from the course.

Free to anyone who can't afford it. Get in touch: [email protected]