EQUUS Press
David Vichnar introduces his EQUUS Press (Écriture en Quête d’Usage) and three recently-published works of fiction: Breakfast at Midnight, The News Clown, and The Brain Harvest. EQUUS Press was established in 2011 in Prague with the objective of publishing new writing [...]
POP SONG PIRACY
Barry Kernfeld’s Pop Song Piracy: Disobedient Music Distribution since 1929 is a short yet extremely comprehensive history that explores the ins and outs of music piracy, counterfeiting, and bootlegging. (Kernfeld explains that there is indeed a difference between these three [...]
Launch of the ‘Queen Mary Review’
Since September, a team of English and Comparative Literature students have been working to form the Queen Mary Review, which aims to publish original poetry, fiction and literary journalism by students at Queen Mary, University of London. Ellen O’Grady, the [...]
Interview with Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson is a poet, critic, and translator with a taste for satire. His work makes conceptual gestures and cutting retorts to the work of other authors, particularly on the American scene. A thorough knowledge of American poetry is probably [...]
The Jolly Pilgrim
The Jolly Pilgrim by Peter Baker is an entertaining mix of stories, facts, quotations and observations collected during a two year escapade around the world. The book reads as a travel diary recounting Baker’s experiences in France, Croatia, Serbia, Turkey, [...]
A Late Beat Flowering: Interview with Michael Horovitz
Michael Horovitz has had a distinguished career as poet, publisher, and translator. He was once described by Allen Ginsberg as a “popular, experienced, experimental, New Jerusalem, Jazz Generation, sensitive bard”. He performed alongside Ginsberg, Corso, and Ferlinghetti at the First [...]
The Night Cleaner: The Face of the Economic Crisis
The economic climate is effecting everyone. The crisis that started with the collapse of the US housing market ended up spreading to many countries. One of these countries – often overlooked when we talk about the 2008 recession – is [...]
London Liming Spoken-word: Confessions of a Poetry Eater
It has been so long since I last heard spoken-word that, had it been a trifling incident in my life, I might have forgotten it. But cardinal events are not to be forgotten; and one such was London Liming, 9th [...]
Annie Potts on Chicken
This is the latest title in Reaktion’s Animal series, a fine example of what I’d like to dub “Ctrl-F scholarship”. Other titles include Fly, Vulture, Ant, Eel, and Whale – you can see that it’s an ambitious series. They’re fascinating [...]
Auslander’s Hope: A Tragedy
Solomon Kugel has a dying mother, a sick child, a broken marriage, and an unaffordable mortgage. The shadow of the Holocaust hangs over the household like the bad smell in the vents that he can’t get to the bottom of: [...]
Live Poetry at Richmix: Tilt’s London Liming presents a Come Rhyme With Me special
This month sees Come Rhyme With Me (CRWM) hosts Deanna Rodgers and Dean Atta, take their culinary-themed performance poetry evening to Richmix. London Liming will take place on Thursday the 9th February, and will include music, food, dancing, ranting, raving, [...]
The Coffee Table Book of Doom
Despite a snooty aversion on my behalf to things like the horrible histories series, I got quite caught up in this book. It’s a quick read with some fascinating titbits of information. The reader is taken on a vivifyingly [...]
Keston Sutherland’s Stupefaction
Keston Sutherland is a poet whose work is well respected in many circles. His Hot White Andy is a wonderful piece, and no swan song; he has since continued to produce thought-provoking and confrontational work. His literary output is well [...]
Sergio González Rodríguez’s The Femicide Machine and Roberto Bolaño’s 2666
This is a fascinating book about the horrific femicides of Ciudad Juárez, a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The scale of the misogynistic violence is astounding – a recent Reuters article noted that: “Although official figures vary, the [...]
EQUUS Press
David Vichnar introduces his EQUUS Press (Écriture en Quête d’Usage) and three recently-published works of fiction: Breakfast at Midnight, The News Clown, and The Brain Harvest. EQUUS Press was established in 2011 in Prague with the objective of publishing new writing [...]
Video: LSE water balloon attack results in clashes
Amateur footage obtained by London Student captures some of the attack on the LSESU Palestine Society, which was holding a peaceful demonstration at the time. You can read the story in full here.
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Abs Hassanali
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Abs Hassanali. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Ross Speer
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Ross Speer. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
Interview with The Manic Shine
The Manic Shine are a hot upcoming band. The band’s leader, Ozzie Rogers, hails from the LSE but has chosen the music industry, rather than finance, as his chosen career path.
The second sabbatical interview: an excerpt
In their second interview with London Student, Clare Solomon, ULU President, and Viktoria Szmolar, ULU Vice-President, discuss the current state of the student movement. This excerpt focuses on the momentum of student protest after the Christmas break.