{"id":511,"date":"2011-12-13T13:36:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/?p=511"},"modified":"2011-12-13T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T13:36:53","slug":"happiness-is-simulating-a-romantic-liaison-between-two-origami-cranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/2011\/12\/13\/happiness-is-simulating-a-romantic-liaison-between-two-origami-cranes\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness is simulating a romantic liaison between two origami cranes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Tuesday’s Open Mic Night<\/a> looks set to enter University of Gloucestershire folklore. For those who weren’t there, here’s a wee taste of what you missed. By the time we arrived, the Jolly Autocratic Committee <\/a>and friends had decorated the function room at The Frog and Fiddle with mobiles and streamers and giant origami cranes:<\/p>\n

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It looked completely amazing but it took a few moments for us to realise that every piece of decoration was inscribed with quotes from novels, writing advice, or interesting and unusual words. I saw extracts from David Foster Wallace, Kafka, Camus, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Melville, Richard Ford, and many more.<\/p>\n

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Everybody received a writing themed ‘Merry Quotemas’ card, which inside contained a stanza of poetry, or an extract from a great story or play. That was already super sweet (as Tyler Keevil would say), but we also got complimentary CDs – each hand-prepared and covered with individual artwork – with readings by Kathy Acker, Kenneth Goldsmith, Samuel Beckett, Gertrude Stein, and many more.<\/p>\n

When we’d crammed into the room, the readings began, and performers covered everything from improvised spoken word to Wordsworth. There was impressionistic poetry, a monologue, found language, and realist prose set in South America. Here’s a wee sample of what we enjoyed. First, an amazing clip of a frocked and jet-lagged Tim Smith laying down new commandments<\/a>. Next, here are two great pieces performed by Jess Searle: ‘Nice Shot’<\/a> and ‘Family Dinner.’<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to everyone who made it such an unforgettable night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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