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Ah your quote from Bolaño hits the big P versus small p in poetry in some ways. I like anti poetry. Or anti pure is a better way to put it I think. Punk type aesthetic. Like Kathy Acker and such. The poems of Bill Burroughs as novels. That's what I like. The impure. Most of the time. In art, novels, poetry etc. etc. Cut ups. Fold ins. And so on.

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The bizarro lit stuff is interesting too. Read Lost in Cat Brain Land. Wasn't amazing. But liked it. Like a lot of the ideas and images in bizarro world of literature. The language used in bizarro lit doesn't excite me too much (so far). But like the crazy plots and ideas.

Also like some so-called Alt Lit. Like Sam Pink and Tao Lin.

You got some great books on your shelf. Mighty impressive. Wish I had an endless continual supply of books. Read about 2-3 per week at the moment. Usually on 2 hour commute on London tube.

Thanks for the accept. Nice to meet you too Miranda. Some cool poetry out there. But not fond of poetry with a capital P. Love Kathy Acker and Burroughs (among others). Grzegorz is fab. Polish poet and painter living in Copenhagen. Great guy too. I'm working on a Burroughs/Acker inspired novel called Never Mind the Beasts. Taking a few years though. Meanwhile a bunch of short stories. One is up at a place called Moneybicycle called "The Arrangement." Anyway . . curious to hear what you think of Water. Been wondering whether or not to get it.

Thanks Didi :-) I wasn't sure how that worked. By the way, I have made friends with a Polish artist and poet living in Copenhagen. We are going to do a big collaboration with poets from Denmark, Poland, UK.

His paintings are really cool as well and he has a lot of connections to the art world in Copenhagen. Would you be interested in anything for O&A?

Here is a quick link to a few of his paintings. I can get many many more paintings from him if you are interested. If not, no biggie.

Hope you are well.

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/your...