Mother’s Milk Books
Frida Kahlo – Artist/Ill/Infertile Mother
Much of my pamphlet (out on Wednesday with Mother’s Milk Books) deals with mothering and pain. From the first cramps of labour, much of mothering is painful – the child’s first accident, first heartbreak, the cruel things they can say, the mistakes you inevitably make. But there are more personal reasons that pain seeps into…
Kate Bush – Singer-songwriter/Strange Mother
Kate Bush is not just a singer-songwriter. She is first and foremost a creator. Like Bowie who passed away recently, as well as an incredibly distinctive voice, it is her other talents – dancing, performing, composing – that combine to be far bigger than the whole. The rhythms of creativity run through to her marrow…
Margaret Garner – Protective Mother/Murdering Mother
Few people would disagree if I said that there could not be a worse mother than a mother who murders her children. A mother’s job is to protect, surely? But what if you have been bred into slavery and have children, quite possibly by your white master who rapes you whenever it is convenient to…
‘Words In Motion’ launch of videopoems Paisley Quilt and the unseen Pillion in Bristol and Leeds, other performances, Haunt and magazine and anthology publications
As some of you may remember, last summer Bristol-based filmmaker, Pru Fowler and I filmed some videopoems of my work. We have decided to celebrate the finished edit of Pillion by launching the two films in Bristol and Leeds respectively with two video poetry and performance events. We are delighted to be able to show some…