{"product_id":"i-dont-have-things-to-tell-you-x-centrefolding-mau-baiocco-maria-sledmere-and-kirsty-dunlop-saturday-21st-november-7pm-1","title":"I don't have things to tell you x Centrefolding | Mau Baiocco, Maria Sledmere and Kirsty Dunlop | Saturday 21st November | 7pm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin us for the launch of\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI don’t have things to tell you \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Strange Region, 2027)\u003c\/strong\u003e, a collaborative epistolary collection of poetry by Mau Baiocco and Maria Sledmere. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are also celebrating \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe second edition of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Kirsty Dunlop’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCentrefolding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealso with Strange Region. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe event will feature readings from all three authors, plus a conversation between Mau and Maria. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten as letters to one another between 2022-25, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI don’t have things to tell you\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echarts the development of a shared creative form, a currency of intimate exchange born of longing and companionship. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCombining documentary with diaristic insight, Mau and Maria rehearse their nostalgia for the lived moment. The poets discuss their encounters with art and conversations with friends. They recall dreams, architecture and sicknesses of the body and mind. Moving through metaphysical enquiry, acid Romanticism, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewishlists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the ephemera of everyday life, they write towards a theory of living in unbelievable times. These poems are documents of culture at precise, dated moments. Portraits of lon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eliness, self-sabotage, mirror-selves. They contain birthday wishes, celestial visions, alchemical descriptions of literature, dream reports, news items and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epsychogeographical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tangents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese poems are channels of thought and energy between Leeds and Glasgow, and between digital and corporeal versions of oneself. They reflect a yearning to map the interior of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epoetic community\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to write love into existence, and to construct a shareable future motivated by friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCentrefolding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003en unnamed protagonist shifts, sprints, swerves and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etransmorphs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e through the \"Centre!\" (exclamation mark required), a research institute in some northern British city, in our current jittery moment. Glitches in reality \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eabound:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e expect research into alien life that goes nowhere, an underground hospital, an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEntrepreneur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-in-Residence, and '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elingerers'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e slithering under glass doors (you know, like a worm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMau Baiocco\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Resting Acrobats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Monitor, 2023) living in Leeds. They have worked as an editor for SPAM zine, organised the Leeds Poetry Studio and original poetry and translations have appeared on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTripwire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDatableed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmberflora\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and Firmament, among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaria Sledmere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a poet-scholar, artist and lecturer in English \u0026amp; Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde. She is managing editor at SPAM Press, one half of the performance duo Project Somnolence and the author of over twenty print publications including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Indigo Hours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Broken Sleep, 2025), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguishing, cute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – with Ian Macartney (Tapsalteerie, 2025), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMidsummer Song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Hypercritique) (Tenement Press, 2024), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCinders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Krupskaya, 2024) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Aura of Plasma Around the Sun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Hem Press, 2023). She has been published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJacket2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFallow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlush\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrototype\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePostmodern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCultures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and elsewhere. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirsty Dunlop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a multimedia writer, editor, researcher and musician, based in Glasgow. 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