About A Cautionary Tale and the Creation of Uphook Press
Assertives, paint pushers, protesters, off-the-wallers, examiners of ants and skylights, sound lovers, rhythm beaters, life beaters, joke makers…A Cautionary Tale brings together seven performing poets who are also visual artists and musicians.
All regulars on the New York poetry circuit, the group came together on a blustery post-reading 2006 night in a Greenwich Village restaurant. Wishing to preserve the energy of the moment, Theo Coates decided to take a closer look at the group's poetry and creative lives. Just like that, the collaboration was born. A Cautionary Tale: mind the step as you open the door.
In 2008, Ice and Jane Ormerod took over Uphook Press with a view to create a nationwide community of performing poets. you say. say. was published October 1st 2009—the first of an annual anthology taken from open submission. hell strung and crooked arrives September 1st 2010.
Interview with Jane Ormerod in Her Circle Ezine