Nadia John

“The essence of Modernism lies, as I see it, in the use of characteristic methods of a discipline to criticize the discipline itself, not in order to subvert it but in order to entrench it more firmly in its area of competence” - Clement Greenberg

Here I am Now, You Cordial Miss (2014) 

one of the first in a series of poems inspired by experimental films and the Language Poetry movement. This poem was particularly inspired by Louis Malle’s 1975 experimental horror film, Black Moon.

She’s a very rare gal, I think

A chapbook about our state of affairs.

Don’t You Love My Gardening Styles
A poetry book with original images and sounds.

Din of soot & wed of vert-de-gris
A non-narrative book of long-form poetry.

Forthcoming:
Long Form (poetry/drawings) published by Hiding Press
Untitled Winter Film – (film) 2021
Untitled Lenny Bruce Picture – (film/poetry) 2021
A dedication or (The Peril of the Sylphides) – (poetry/play) 2021