The Gloucestershire Poetry Society presents Tom Sastry at our regular online event, 'Crafty Crows', hosted by Josephine Lay, on Wednesday 20th May, from 7.00pm until 9.00pm, plus open-mic. Via Zoom (see below).
To reserve an open-mic slot for this event, please email craftycrows2020@yahoo.com (first come, first served)
Open-mic slots will be 5 minutes max. (please stick to this, as we don't want to have to cut people off).
Tom Sastry was chosen by Carol Ann Duffy as one of the 2016 Laureate’s Choice poets. His pamphlet, Complicity, was a Poetry Book Society pamphlet choice and a Poetry School Book of the Year. His first full collection, A Man’s House Catches Fire, was published last October by Nine Arches Press to wide acclaim (reviews below) A collection of his spoken word sets, 79% Satisfaction, will be published later this year by Burning Eye Books. His poems have appeared in numerous periodicals including The Guardian, The North, Magma and Under the Radar
“Tom Sastry is one of my faaaaaaavorite poets doing it in the UK! So funny and strange and tender and delightfully sad.” - Danez Smith
“Soooo when were you lot gonna tell me that Tom Sastry is the future of poetry?” - Vanessa Kisuule
“Tom Sastry navigates the mysterious everyday…making friendships and love affairs new and strange.” - Carol Ann Duffy
“a magician of deadpan.” - Hera Lindsay Bird
https://magmapoetry.com/review-a-mans-house-catches-fire-by-tom-sastry/
https://londongrip.co.uk/2019/11/london-grip-poetry-review-tom-sastry/
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 891 2167 3273
Password: 875604
***PLEASE NOTE***
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