Launch
The London launch of Arcadian Rustbelt is being hosted by the Xing the Line series. It will be at a café called Jaguar Shoes, in Kingsland Road, Hoxton, on Sunday March 9th, 2025. You will hear a line-up of specially selected poets: Harry Gilonis Khaled Hakim Elizabeth James Frances Presley David Rees Simon Smith The café is near the junction with Old Street. The gig is on a Sunday, and the trains stop earlier on a Sunday. This is why Xing the Line has an early start, 6 pm. “Doors at 6pm for a 7pm start. £5”. The reading will probably wind up soon after 9.30. Then we will probably hang in the Jaguar Shoes bar. "This is a generational anthology and a once in a generation anthology. -editors Where does the first generation of British underground poetry end and the second begin? Really, of course, there's too much overlap to create periods of this sort. You can only have an arbitrary cut-off according to date or publication of a previously cons...