An Interview With Max Scratchman
Wow, I’m a serious poet….
Originally posted on Visceral Dream Cabaret:
Max Scratchman: Illustrator, Editor and Poet
Max Scratchman is a freelance illustrator whose editorial works have been included in publications in Britain, the US and Japan such as The Guardian, The Big Issue and City Life. He is also a big presence in the Edinburgh and Scottish poetry scene and has performed with groups such as Loud Poets, as well as running a spoken word open mic, The Portobello Poetry Circus.
What got you into poetry, and who are your biggest influences?
I got into performance poetry completely by accident.�� I���d been doing ���author talks��� in libraries for my autobiographical book ��� The Last Burrah Sahibs ��� and they always ask you to ���read an excerpt��� to end the talk.�� Anyway, although I had been a performer in my student days, I was pretty crap at it, but I just-so-happened to see a workshop for performance poetry advertised and���
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