Jonathan Coe's biography is now scheduled for 5 February 2003 (which would have been B.S. Johnson's 70th birthday) The fiction omnibus is scheduled for the...
Hello Is that definitely 2003? steve ... From: Julian Joseph [mailto:julesjoseph@...] Sent: 06 November 2001 09:12 To: bsjohnson@yahoogroups.com ...
Stephen Pinhorn
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Nov 6, 2001 9:36 pm
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Hello all, I noticed that there was an lp on ebay the other day that had BS Johnson reading some of his poems. I just won the auction [hooray] and noticed ...
James Robert Calhoun
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Nov 7, 2001 5:43 am
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Yes - the date is definitely 2003 - got the info from Jonathan Coe, who apologises for the delay - he is working flat out on the biog at the moment. Stephen...
thank you. best wishes Steve ... From: Julian Joseph [mailto:julesjoseph@...] Sent: 07 November 2001 09:07 To: bsjohnson@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE:...
Stephen Pinhorn
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Nov 7, 2001 9:28 pm
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Article by Kevin Jackson from the Independent, 25 October 2001. Not showing at a screen near you. Why does the film of Christie Malry still not have a...
...that members of this group value most about B.S.Johnson's writing? Is it the experimental aspects, the way in which he tinkered with the conventions of the...
Robert For me, the experimentation tends to get in the way. I think Johnson was a victim of his dogmatic approach and he was too keen to be different rather ...
v.wiles
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Nov 12, 2001 8:44 pm
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I agree, it is first and foremost his intimate voice but also that he took risks. I think it was natural for him to '...take up the baton' of experimental...
Stephen Pinhorn
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Nov 12, 2001 9:12 pm
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+<div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P><BR><BR></P> <DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P>Well, for me, (I have only read "Christie Malry's own Double-Entry") it's the way...
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Nov 12, 2001 9:29 pm
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Hi, bsjohnson! Anniversary Reminder Anniversary of B.S. Johnson's death (1973) Tuesday November 13, 2001 All Day ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...
Yahoo! Reminder
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Nov 12, 2001 11:50 pm
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As owner of bsjohnson.co.uk domain name, I have 100 free email forwarding addresses. If anyone would like a <anyname>@bsjohnson.co.uk email address, please let...
Thanks to those of you who responded to my posting. Stephen wrote: "I am amazed that so many of his contemporary critics felt Johnson's work was second rate. I...
Dear Robert, from my own reading of J I would say that your final point is definitely on the right track. In A Note on Metre in Poems Two J explains the...
valerie butler
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Nov 13, 2001 12:58 pm
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Val - I'm glad you were interested in what I had to say. BSJ's poetry certainly is tightly controlled (though not constricted). He seems to have had little or...
Dear fellow Johnson-admirers, I'm putting the finishing touches to the Dutch translation of Christie Malry's own Double-Entry, and I am, as usual, left with...
Marijke Versluys
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Nov 14, 2001 10:34 am
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... This is the only bit I can help with (a bit). Lyon's did have (and may still have) a factory in west London making cakes and other sweetmeats. Tapper's is ...
Dear Marijke I know nothing about anything but I think I can help with some of these questions - as can most people on this board... 1. page 41. '... and...
Qttick@...
Nov 14, 2001 11:09 am
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Here's some information I've plagiarised from a couple of sources which might help you to come to a decision. 1.Between Wapping New Stairs and King Henry's...
Thanks Robert, every little helps, as we say in Dutch! Marijke V. ... From: Robert Greenwood <robertgreenwood_54@...> To: <bsjohnson@yahoogroups.com> ...
Marijke Versluys
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Nov 14, 2001 12:01 pm
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I haven't had time to check the New Directions edition, but this passage occurs on page 41 of the first edition also ( Collins) and runs so; "...pigeons on...
Marijke The green man is a mythical figure from English history, a symbol of the countryside/ fertility etc. Not sure why Johnson should refer to this but I ...
v.wiles
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Nov 14, 2001 9:31 pm
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Thank you all very much. I get some consolation from the fact that all questions are not answered fully: native speakers don't recognize all the ins and outs...
Marijke Versluys
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Nov 15, 2001 8:33 am
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Marijke Versluys <fm.x.mv@...> writes ... The explanation already offered that gwylan = to wail clears this up it seems to me, and moreover makes it...
Nicolas Hodges
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Nov 16, 2001 8:53 pm
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Julian Joseph <julesjoseph@...> writes ... I wonder if anything can be done about the poetry. Surely Bloodaxe (who now only do poetry, I believe) could...
Nicolas Hodges
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Nov 17, 2001 4:46 pm
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I'd like to see a Collected Poems too.The problem with Bloodaxe is they're booked up for several years. ...
roger allen
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Nov 18, 2001 4:33 pm
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roger allen <rogerjallen@...> writes ... Sure, but so are Picador. If Bloodaxe commit to do it in 2003/4 that's still better than nothing, isn't it? --...
Nicolas Hodges
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Nov 18, 2001 6:20 pm
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Thanks Nicolas, ... *to* ... Sorry, but no it doesn't: as I said, gwylan is Welsh for gulls, not for to wail. Sometimes it's difficult to explain to a navive...
Marijke Versluys
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Nov 19, 2001 7:59 am
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Dear Marijke It depends on the person's cultural point of view - some would think Wagner (vargner)- German classical composer - others would think Wagner...
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