A dead good poet society; 08 Days A Week.Byline: by CATHERINE JONES Catherine Jones is an English television news journalist, currently a reporter and presenter on Five. Born on 12th January 1971 and brought up in Essex, Jones started her professional career in the newsroom of Buckinghamshire based local radio station Mix 96 in 1994. Culture Reporter A DOZEN poets celebrate Liverpool's rich literary history in a new exhibition in the city. Write On Liverpool is a series of intimate photographic portraits and personal audio dialogue of the established Liverpool poets (The) Liverpool Poets refers to a number of influential 1960s poets from Liverpool, England, heavily influenced by 1950s Beat poetry. They were involved in the 1960s Liverpool scene, that gave rise to The Beatles, during a time when the city was termed by US beat poet Allen , including Brian Patten, Roger McGough, Paul Farley, Matt Simpson, Levi Tafari and Gladys Mary Coles. The exhibition, presented by local artists Leila Romaya and Paul McCann, gathers together for the first time in the city five decades of Liverpool poetry. It also features newly commissioned portraits of the 12 poets, together with audio presentations of their memories of Liverpool. Paul Farley said: "Liverpool has a tendency to self-mythologise itself, and is used to hearing the sound of its own voice and seeing itself onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. . Nik Cohn wrote in Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom 40 years ago: 'Strange place, Liverpool. It gets obsessed with everything it does'. "As it reinvents itself again, this obsessive, awkward, outward looking insular city on the very edge of England, continues to attract, repel, seduce and provoke all kinds of writers and their traffic of words. The free exhibition is due to open this Saturday at Central library. CAPTION(S): WORD UP: Roger Mcgough is just one of the many Liverpool poets featured in a new exhibition opening this weekend at Central library |
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