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My Substack--Where to Find It
Hey all.
I've started a Substack. Most of the content is free. It's at: https://dammerung.substack.com
Right now it's mainly devoted to the poetry of German Expressionism, and especially the chief anthology of German and Austrian Expressionist poetry that was published in 1919 the movement's heyday, TWILIGHT OF HUMANITY ("Menschheitsdämmerung").
As the "About" section there says:
Twilight of Humanity—a journey through the poetry of German Expressionism in English, named for 1919's monumental Menschheitsdämmerung anthology of the movement's greatest poets. Besides poetry, we post & discuss Expressionist cinema & art, Weimar, &c.
Of course, the focus is on the dark poetry of Gottfried Benn, Georg Trakl, and Georg Heym, some of my personal favorites. Come along and give it a try!
I've started a second journal there that's more of a vehicle for my own personal writing experiments, too. That's called "Nine Burning Visions," but that hasn't become very active yet. Still, you can subscribe to that (for free) at: https://nineburningvisions.substack.com/
My post-Thirteen Nocturnes collection of poetry, THE FUNERAL COLONY, is coming along, slowly but surely. More updates on that later.
Talk soon,
Oliver Sheppard
Texas
June 20, 2024
I've started a Substack. Most of the content is free. It's at: https://dammerung.substack.com
Right now it's mainly devoted to the poetry of German Expressionism, and especially the chief anthology of German and Austrian Expressionist poetry that was published in 1919 the movement's heyday, TWILIGHT OF HUMANITY ("Menschheitsdämmerung").
As the "About" section there says:
Twilight of Humanity—a journey through the poetry of German Expressionism in English, named for 1919's monumental Menschheitsdämmerung anthology of the movement's greatest poets. Besides poetry, we post & discuss Expressionist cinema & art, Weimar, &c.
Of course, the focus is on the dark poetry of Gottfried Benn, Georg Trakl, and Georg Heym, some of my personal favorites. Come along and give it a try!
I've started a second journal there that's more of a vehicle for my own personal writing experiments, too. That's called "Nine Burning Visions," but that hasn't become very active yet. Still, you can subscribe to that (for free) at: https://nineburningvisions.substack.com/
My post-Thirteen Nocturnes collection of poetry, THE FUNERAL COLONY, is coming along, slowly but surely. More updates on that later.
Talk soon,
Oliver Sheppard
Texas
June 20, 2024
The Funeral Colony
Excited to announce the publication of THE FUNERAL COLONY.
It’s my first collection of poetry since THIRTEEN NOCTURNES. It’s taken several years to write, but after abortive first and second (and third, and fourth…) attempts, and years of revision, and going back to the drawing board more than a few times—it’s here.
The Funeral Colony contains 83 poems across 330 pages. It’ll be offered in two editions with different covers. (See below.)
I’ll have copies on hand to sell by Friday, July 25. It’s done at the printers and en route. I’ll post more details here by next Friday.
See:
The Funeral Colony
It’s my first collection of poetry since THIRTEEN NOCTURNES. It’s taken several years to write, but after abortive first and second (and third, and fourth…) attempts, and years of revision, and going back to the drawing board more than a few times—it’s here.
The Funeral Colony contains 83 poems across 330 pages. It’ll be offered in two editions with different covers. (See below.)
I’ll have copies on hand to sell by Friday, July 25. It’s done at the printers and en route. I’ll post more details here by next Friday.
See:
The Funeral Colony
The Funeral Colony, update no. 2
Just got this advance copy in. Will be sending out copies within the next two weeks to anyone who helped out.
Substack post about The Funeral Colony
Check out my Substack here to see the first poem in my new collection, The Funeral Colony. The poem is titled "The Certain Knowledge of Final Things and The Motive Force of Fire" and it's the first of 84 poems in the collection.
My Substack is the better place to go, in fact, if you want to keep up with blog posts from me. Check out https://substack.com/@oliversheppard.
And, of course, THE FUNERAL COLONY can be ordered here, at TheFuneralColony.com.
--Oliver S.
My Substack is the better place to go, in fact, if you want to keep up with blog posts from me. Check out https://substack.com/@oliversheppard.
And, of course, THE FUNERAL COLONY can be ordered here, at TheFuneralColony.com.
--Oliver S.
