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February 6, 2017
A face in the crowd reviewed by Matt Duggan
A face in the crowd reviewed by poet Matt Duggan
A face in the crowd is the prize winning collection by Maria Castro Dominguez, which won the erbacce prize for poetry 2016. The book comes with an amazing gloss cover with artwork from Pascale Gouverneur. You can see why this collection won the erbacce prize from 8,000 entries. I’ve been reading the poetry of Dominguez for some time having shared the pages in such journals as Apogee, Harbinger Asylum, Lakeview International Journal, and if you like real poetry that speaks and breathes beyond the pages then this is the collection for you.
The book comes in three chapters A Singular Face, A Plural Face, A Global Face, and from the very first poem its clear to see that this is a collection that you will re-read again and again, from the first poem with such stand out beautiful lines as
…Dust is my face/my arms carry a regal gun, loaded in case/coated in rags….
In this collection the voice of Dominguez travels in some enchanting and sometimes unsettling poems, that communicate direct to the reader, wanting the reader to carry on and turn the next page, the imagery that flows throughout this collection is simply sublime, a collection that is both exhilarating to read and hard to put down. The detail and use of language that is used by this poet is both highly original like lines that fall off the page into the readers mind, eye, and ear.
You can’t help but be transfixed by the sheer beauty that echoes throughout this new collection, Dominguez is not just a face in the crowd but the eyes and ears of the crowd, grabbing us and taking us on that journey. In this collection many poems stand out from the crowd, such as the poem Infamous famous, with such haunting lines as …
Just another day in this moulding city
sitting between aseptic blue
row on row of the naked tube tattooed infamous for the day headlines say
naked me they could see but I dreamed my limbs dressed and pure….
I’d highly recommend picking up a copy of this wonderful new collection by Dominguez, so easy to see why she won the erbacce prize for 2016, as her poems stand out from the face in the crowd.
The poems are engaging, beautifully written, and shine in the eyes of every reader, I’m looking forward to reading more from Dominguez in the future. This is a collection not to be missed.
Matt Duggan is a Bristol born Poet who won the erbacce- prize for poetry 2015. His prize winning collection of poems ‘Dystopia 38.10 will be pubished by erbacce press early in 2016. Matt has had his poems appear in many journals and magazines such as The Seventh Quarry, The Journal, Ink, Sweat, and Tears, The Stare’s Nest, Lunar Poetry Magazine, Illumen, Section 8, Poetry Quarterly, Yellow Chair Review, The Screech Owl, and many more. Matt can be found wandering the Quantocks or writing poems on the backs of beer matts in the dark corners of a Bristol pub.
Other Projects
Matt created and co-edits The Angry Manifesto with Simon Leake a political based poetry magazine, Matt also created a spoken word night in Feb 2014 called ‘An Evening of Spoken Indulgence which ran until August 2015.
Matt has been working on some new projects and has just started up ‘Poetry Slam Online’, and is also working on new poems for a couple of new poetry collections ‘Kinemeotophy’ and ‘The Dower House’.
Read more: http://mattduggan.webnode.com/bio/
January 28, 2017
Memorable book launch of A face in the crowd
Yesterday the most amazing faces turned up in A face in the crowd´s book launch. Enthused and communicative, they all contributed to making the event an extraordinary experience, in fact an extraordinary poem.
Luis O´Malley directed, conducted and introduced the event with outstanding skill.
Esther Muñoz with her passionate mind-writhing corporal mime and Marta Fernández with her powerful interpretation left the audience emotionally aroused and desirous of seeing more.
The photos by Gustavo Martín speak for themselves.
January 24, 2017
Novedades sobre La presentación de A Face in the Crowd
La presentación del libro de poemas de María Castro Domínguez A Face in the Crowd será llevada a cabo por Pablo Valcárcel, comentada por la propia autora y contará con la dramatización de los textos por parte de la actriz Marta Fernández y la representación con la técnica de Mimo Corporal por parte de Esther Muñóz.
Pablo Valcárcel
Marta Fernández
Esther Muñóz
January 19, 2017
Presentación “A FACE IN THE CROWD”
El Sillón de Canaima: Calle Senador Castillo Olivares, 7. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 20:00 h.
La colección de poemas “A face in the crowd” se divide en tres capítulos: una mirada aislada, una mirada plural y una mirada global. Cada punto de vista nos ofrece unas experiencias diferentes de la vida, que nos revelan cuánta dulzura puede salir del dolor, cuánto amor y humanidad se puede encontrar incluso en el más mínimo detalle. Todos nuestros sentidos se despiertan para hacernos conscientes de cómo vivimos, cómo reaccionamos e interactuamos con nuestro mundo. Cómo los seres animados o inanimados siempre nos acompañan, incluso si estamos solos, a lo largo de nuestro recorrido particular. “Una mirada entre la multitud” nos enseña la sorpresa y el temblor de estar vivos.
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27 ENE PRESENTACIÓN “A FACE IN THE CROWD”
El Sillón de Canaima: Calle Senador Castillo Olivares, 7. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 20:00 h.
La colección de poemas “A face in the crowd” se divide en tres capítulos: una mirada aislada, una mirada plural y una mirada global. Cada punto de vista nos ofrece unas experiencias diferentes de la vida, que nos revelan cuánta dulzura puede salir del dolor, cuánto amor y humanidad se puede encontrar incluso en el más mínimo detalle. Todos nuestros sentidos se despiertan para hacernos conscientes de cómo vivimos, cómo reaccionamos e interactuamos con nuestro mundo. Cómo los seres animados o inanimados siempre nos acompañan, incluso si estamos solos, a lo largo de nuestro recorrido particular. “Una mirada entre la multitud” nos enseña la sorpresa y el temblor de estar vivos.
December 22, 2016
December 16, 2016
Matt Duggan a poet to watch out for answers five questions
If you´re like me, always avid for new poetry, new in the wide sense of the word, I thoroughly recommend reading all of Matt Duggan´s poetry.
Why? Because I feel Matt Duggan is one of the best contemporary voices around. He stimulates a desire for more poetry on our reading shelves, making us aware of poetry’s power with his modern, deconstructive style and provocative art. In other words, and following from one of his titles, he’s rebooted poetry today.
His talent makes us more receptive to explore modern life and its controversies, to explore our inconsistencies and what’s more, aspires to make us better humans. Which is, I feel, what poetry is about.
Matt Duggan answers five questions
How do you get Inspired?
I suppose many things inspire me to write, the day is full with poetry so it could be simply a walk in the park, or an episode in history I feel needs more attention, a conversation with someone on a controversial theme, the current state of global politics, the media and the gloves of propaganda, travel and experiences I’ve had to the more mundane and contemporary.
Do you start with the title or first line (which can be a title)?
Good question, I never start a poem with a title and I’m always unsure when deciding a title, sometimes I use a line in the poem that highlights the theme or the structure, or simply a single word that sticks out.
Do you write many drafts?
Yes, I have many drafts Maria, I’m currently working on six different poems all of which are untitled at the moment. I do spend a lot of time editing them which could take from one month to six months until I feel the poem is finished and ready to be submitted.
Do you feel that your Poetry has changed since you started writing?
I do feel it has changed a lot since I started writing some twenty years ago, but I think as writers/poets you need to keep evolving and trying different techniques, styles, with keeping the writing fresh, original, and insightful.
What are you reading now?
I’m reading a few books at the moment What Sort of Scream? By Pascale Gouverneur, The Sadness of Animals By Phillip Morre, Sick City Syndrome By Peter Sutton and A Curmudgeon is Born By Heath Brougher. There are so many more books I can’t wait to read which I’m hoping to pick up soon such as Speculations and Changes By Sam Smith, Hilda Doolittle’s Carl Jung, T-Shirt by Charlie Baylis, and, of course A Face in the Crowd By Maria Castro Dominguez which I’m really looking forward to reading.
Biography
Matt Duggan is a Bristol born poet who lives somewhere in Bristol, in 2015 he won the Erbacce Prize for Poetry with his first collection Dystopia 38.10
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1907878769/ref=aw_cr_t_booksAmazon.co.uk Dystopia 38.10
Matt has been published in various journals such as The Journal, The Seventh Quarry, The Dawntreader, Black Light Engine Room, Ink, Sweat, and Tears, Apogee Magazine, Prole, and will be the feature poet in the next issue of Trafika Europe. In 2016 he was invited to read at several events in Bristol, Cheltenham, Cirencester, London, Middlesbrough, Oxford, Newport, and did his first international reading at the Poetry on the Lake Festival in Orta, Italy, he won the Into the Void Poetry Prize from 3,000 plus entries with his poem Elegy for Magdalena.
Matt is currently working on two new publications a new pamphlet titled ‘Ayahuasca’, and a new booklet ‘Elegy’ due to be published by San Marco Press next year, he also runs his own Poetry event in Bristol called Page and Performance and is the co-editor of The Angry Manifesto Magazine, also this year he was taken on as one of six core members at Erbacce Press where he supports and advises new poets to the press, and contributes to the erbacce journal. When Matt is not writing he likes to walk his dog Alfie with his partner Kelly Thomas and enjoys a nice pint of cloudy cider in his local pub.
December 12, 2016
“A face in the crowd” keeps you on the page
A new reader revealing the effects of “A face in the crowd”.
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November 13, 2016
In his poem ‘Little Haven’ Graham Hartill asks a serious question: ‘Where does the poem end?
Slipping the Leash Graham Hartill, Phil Maillard & Chris Torrance Aquifer by tearsinthefence.
In his poem ‘Little Haven’ Graham Hartill asks a serious question: ‘Where does the poem end? Where are its outsides in terms of the fields that stutter away to the silent swollen river bouncing alo…
Source: Slipping the Leash Graham Hartill, Phil Maillard & Chris Torrance Aquifer
October 21, 2016
The Meaning of Form in Contemporary Innovative Poetry (Palgrave Macmillan)
I am no great reader of theoretical approaches to poetry but the name of the author of this one suggested something rather more exciting. I wasn’t disappointed! Of course when I first thought about…
Source: The Meaning of Form in Contemporary Innovative Poetry (Palgrave Macmillan)
