Minor Literature[s]

In our third episode, Fernando Sdrigotti talks to Yvette Greslé, who is currently in lockdown in London, UK.

Some of the topics discussed: the self as a launching pad for exploring political and societal issues, the shortcomings of academia, and her book of memoirs / essays, Unearthed.

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Yvette Greslé is a London-based writer and arts critic. She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was raised in the Seychelles. Her work deals with first person narratives that are woven into the poetic, philosophical and historical. Twitter: @MemoryAsForce

Music: Trémolo raquídeo, by Sinapsis (Charlie Egg), Creative Commons, edited by Planeta X. Download here.

A new interview series in which we beat the lockdown blues reaching out to friends for a nice and informal telephone chat. In our third episode, Fernando Sdrigotti talks to Rob True, who is currently in lockdown in London, UK.

Some of the topics discussed: first person writing, short stories as an extension of the oral tradition, and his excellent book Gospel of Aberration.

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Rob True is a London-based writer. Twitter: @robtruestories

Music: Hipnocaína, by Charlie Egg, from the album Opizazepam, Creative Commons, edited by Planeta X. Download here.

A new interview series in which we beat the lockdown blues reaching out to friends for a nice and informal telephone chat. In our second episode, Fernando Sdrigotti talks to Martha Sprackland, who is currently in lockdown in London, UK.

Some of the topics discussed: poetry as an encounter, writing and not writing fiction, and her new book Citadel.

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Martha Sprackland is a writer and editor from Merseyside, now living between London and Madrid. She was co-founder and poetry editor of Cake magazine, and is one of the founding editors of multilingual arts magazine La Errante. She is the editor of independent press Offord Road Books.

A  new interview series in which we beat the lockdown blues reaching out to friends for a nice and informal telephone chat. In this first, Fernando Sdrigotti talks to Scott Manley Hadley, who is currently in lockdown in Toronto, Canada.

Some of the topics discussed: poetry, pooetry, conspiracy theorists, James Joyce, revolution, hopes and fears for the future, and many other things. There were some technical glitches (apparently Canadian broadband is quite bad), but no need to worry about this kind of right thing now, right?

Scott Manley Hadley blogs at TriumphoftheNow.com and tweets at @Scott_Hadley. His latest book is flat-earth poetry collection Because Earth is Flat, co-written with Sean Preston.