Sean Bonney
Sean Bonney is a contemporary English poet. Bonney was born in Brighton and brought up in the north of England. He now lives in Berlin.
His publications include Notes on Heresy (Writers Forum, 2002), Poisons, their antidotes (West House, 2003), Blade Pitch Control Unit (Salt, 2005), Document: hexprogress (Yt Communication, 2006), Baudelaire in English (Veer 2008), Document: poems, diagrams, manifestos (Barque 2009), and The Commons (Opened 2011). He edits the press Yt Communication with Frances Kruk.
He was a regular attendee at the Cobbing-led Writers Forum workshop. Together with other UK based poets his work marks a progression and continuance of the British Poetry Revival.
In Autumn 2006, he was a guest lecturer at the University of Roehampton. In Autumn 2011 he ran a seminar on Poetry and Revolution at the University of Cambridge.
Books
- Letters Against the Firmament, Enitharmon Press, 2015
- Four Letters, Four Comments, Punch Press, 2012
- Happiness (Poems After Rimbaud), Unkant, 2011
- The Commons, Opened, 2011
- For the Administration, Crater Press, 2010
- 5 After Rimbaud, Grasp Press, 2010
- Document - Poems, Diagrams, Manifestos, Barque Press, 2008
- Baudelaire in English, Veer Books, 2007
- Blade Pitch Control Unit, Salt Publishing, 2005
- Poisons, Their Antidotes, West House Books, 2003
- Notes on Heresy, Writers Forum, 2002
See also
References
Further reading
- Tim Allen & Andrew Duncan (eds.), Don't Start Me Talking: Interviews with Contemporary Poets (Salt: 2007)
- Andrea Brady, Report on a reading by Sean Bonney, Ben Watson and Stephen Rodefer (2003)
- Adrian Clarke, "Sean Bonney's Baudelaire" (Readings 3)
- Delilah Glaxo-Kleitmann & Steve Spence, Review of Blade Pitch Control Unit (On Company Time, 2006)
- Mark Jackson, "The Poetry of Sean Bonney: Form and Content in Poisons, their Antidotes" (Readings 3)
- Keith Tuma, "Some Younger British Poets" (Chicago Review 53:1, Spring 2007)
External links
- Abandoned Buildings
- Entry at the British Electronic Poetry Centre
- Entry at the Miami University Archive of Writing in Performance
- Poet's Note
- Blade Pitch Control Unit
- Baudelaire in English
- Document: poems, diagrams, manifestos, July 7th 2005 - June 27th 2007