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Rob Tufnell Gallery, Cologne, to feature Christopher Logue and works from the Olympia Press
To mark the 10th anniversary of the gallery Rob Tufnell will be temporarily transforming his space in Cologne into a second-hand bookshop devoted to books published by Maurice Girodias’ Olympia Press (1953-1973). Girodias (1919-1990) made – and lost – a fortune selling transgressive, erotic novels to American GIs and English-speaking tourists in Paris in the years after the Second World War. Several of these books were written by respected literary figures who worked under pseudonyms provided by Girodias, including Count Palmiro Vicarion for Christopher Logue. Alongside books for sale in both English and German will be changing displays of tangentially related graphic works and posters by artists including Logue. The exhibit runs from 1 June - 21 December, with Christopher Logue featured from 6-27 September, with the opening date to coincide with 'DC Open', a weekend of parties in galleries in Dusseldorf and Cologne. For further information including opening times, dates, and displays, visit the gallery website HERE.
With Derek at Christopher Logue Poster Poems at London gallery Rob Tufnell yesterday. To our right is Pop Song, one of three Boshier/Logue collaborations. War Music manuscript part of Bodleian Library exhibit
The manuscript for Logue’s War Music took the form of notes variously attached to long sheets of printer paper on which he would plan out the next stages of the poem. One of these, over 5 metres long, is included in the exhibition ‘Babel: adventures in translation’ at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 15-February-16 June, 2019. Get details HERE.
Christopher Logue featured on THE INNOCENT EAR podcast
Described as 'Classical Music with Rocks In', podcast THE INNOCENT EAR broadcast 'Rat, O Rat' and Donovan Leitch's setting of 'Be not too hard' on the show the 25th January. Listeners can catch up on past episodes of the podcast at Mixcloud by clicking HERE.
Translation and Literature review of Christopher Logue: War Music: An Account of Homer's 'Iliad'
Emily Wilson reviews War Music: An Account of Homer's 'Iliad' in Translation and Literature. Access the article (PDF) HERE.
Collected War Music: An account of Homer’s Illiad
Published by Faber and Faber 
One of the strangest and most thrilling English poems of the past century. Evening Standard For the second half of his long life, Christopher Logue (1926-2011) – political rebel, inventor of the poster poem, pioneer of poetry and jazz – was at work on a very different project: a rewriting of Homer’s Iliad. The volumes that appeared from War Music (1981) onwards were distinct from translations, in that they set out to be a radical reimagining and reconfiguration of Homer’s tale of warfare, human folly and the power of the gods, in a language and style of verse that were emphatically modern. As each instalment, from Kings to Cold Calls, was published, it became clear that this was to be Logue’s masterpiece.
Sadly, illness prevented him from finishing it. Enough, however, of his projected final volume, Big Men Falling a Long Way, survives in notebook drafts to give a clear sense of its shape, as well as some of its dramatic high points. These have been gathered into an appendix by Logue’s friend and one-time editor, Christopher Reid. The result comes as near as possible to representing the poet’s complete vision, and confirms what his admirers have long known, that Collected War Music is one of the great poems of our time. To purchase your copy of Collected War Music, visit the Faber and Faber website. Christopher Logue’s Selected Poems now available to download
Christopher Logue recorded two CD albums of his poems in 1996 and these were released in 2001 in a limited edition CD box set of 500 copies titled Audiologue, which also included four CD albums containing his reading of his dramatic poem War Music and a single CD of his poems set to music, including the EP Red Bird and the LP Loguerhythms.
For the first time, the two albums of Selected Poems are now available to download from another online stores, including, iTunes, Amazon, 7digital and Spotify: iTunes Audio Links: Selected Poems (Volume One) > Selected Poems (Volume Two) > Amazon Audio Links: Selected Poems (Volume One) > Selected Poems (Volume Two) > 7digital: Selected Poems (Volume One) > Selected Poems (Volume Two) > All the poems on these albums were written between 1954 and 1985 and were published in Selected Poems by Faber & Faber in 1996, chosen and arranged by Christopher Reid. 'War Music,' by Christopher Logue
Jeffrey Brown of The New York Times Magazine looks at ‘War Music,’ by Christopher Logue, 26 February, 2016. Access the article HERE.
Alice Oswald on Christopher Logue's War Music
The Telegraph's Alice Oswald on Christopher Logue's War Music, 23 December 2015. Access the article HERE.
Letter of Recommendation: Christopher Logue, 'War Music'
Wyatt Mason of the New York Times Magazine writes a Letter of Recommendation: Christopher Logue, ‘War Music’, 18 November, 2015. Access the article HERE.
Christopher Logue's Poster Poems
Christopher Logue’s Poster Poems By Dan Piepenbring, web editor of the Paris Review, looks at Christopher Logue's poster poems. Dan Piepenbring is the web editor of The Paris Review. 12 October, 2015. Access the article HERE.
Memories of Christopher Logue
August Kleinzahler of the London Review of Books remembers Christopher Logue, 19 December 2011. Access the article HERE.
Christopher Logue, The Art of Poetry No. 66
Christopher Logue, The Art of Poetry No. 66, interviewed by Shusha Guppy in The Paris Review, Summer 1993. Access the article HERE.
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