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THE UN/POSSESSED
October 14, 2022 @ 7:30 PM - October 15, 2022 @ 1:00 AM
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You are warmly invited to join the87press for the launch of five new books, three collections of poetry, one translated collection of poetry, and a novel.
Featuring poets and writers: Fran Lock, Gareth Farmer, Danny Hayward, Jessica Widner, and Laura Doyle Péan (who will join us via a virtual reading), the event will be blended together with the warm Latinx sounds of Manuka Honey.
The five new titles launched on this evening of festivity will bring together topics such as struggles with mental health, break-up love songs, autism and woodwork, Gypsy-Roma Traveller rights, reflections on work during the Covid-19 Pandemic and post-pandemic recession, alongside a novel in which a poet dies and haunts two protagonists, a ballet dancer and a mortician. Expect sauciness, sassiness, and sincerity. Two of these titles are Poetry Book Society recommendations for Winter 2022.
Over the last four years, the87press’ bold and daring challenge to the failure of diversity and inclusion initiatives has been well received by a growing international grassroots readership. the87press focuses attention across spectrums of underrepresentation, featuring regular work from racialised, LGBTQ+, Neurodiverse, and working-class writers across genres, forms, and contexts. This event marks the beginning of the fifth year of operations against an increasingly hostile climate for the arts and humanities; your support for the growing partnership between Café Oto and the87press is much appreciated!
For more about the87press, please visit www.the87press.co.uk
This event is brought to you in partnership with The Sonic Agent.
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