When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author?
I always return to Charles Bernstein’s poems and Donald Barthelme’s short stories. I always find something new in their work that triggers new ideas.
What other poetry books have you been reading lately?
The last poetry books I read were This Is The Way The World Ends by Pedro Eiras, notes from recently by Chris Turnbull, Two Hundred Houses by Rachel Sills, The Lonesomest Sound by Mike Ferguson, Go Sift Omen by Paul Hawkins and A Certain Plume by Henri Michaux. Currently, I’m reading the anthologies Written: 1976-2013 by P. Inman and Flarf: An Anthology of Flarf.
What poets changed the way you thought about writing?
The list is quite long… I’ll name a few: Ana Hatherly, Alberto Pimenta, Charles Bernstein, P. Inman, E. E. Cummings, Gertrude Stein, Aram Saroyan, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Charles Simic, Russell Edson, Tom Jenks, etc.
Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began?
It has changed a lot. I was heavily influenced by Surrealism until my mid-20’s. Then, I found Language poetry, Concrete poetry, Text-based art, OuLiPo, Conceptual Poetry, etc.
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What are you working on?
Until the end of the year, I’ll be working on an anthology comprising a large part of my visual poetry and text-art production, especially digital-based pieces. It’s coming out in 2021 through Hesterglock Press (https://hesterglock.net/).
Maria Brito (a former student of mine) and I have just finished off a collaboration, “Ballroom Etiquette”. It’s a détournement of Victorian etiquette rules and illustrated combat techniques. It’s coming out soon through Team Trident Press (https://www.teamtridentpress.com/).
I’m also working on “Nods”, a collection of minimal poetry after other poets and writers’ work (https://brunoneiva.weebly.com/nods.html), etc.
