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Michael Farrell reads Genre Poem

In this video former Asialink Writer in Residence Michael Farrell reads Genre Poem as part of Six Poets Speak Softly, the first event in the Asialink Winter Writing Series 2010.

Michael Farrell was an Asialink Writer in Residence at Aichi Shukutoku University in Nagoya, Japan in 2007-8. His project involved creating post-cartoon poems; for Six Poets he will read other poems written during his stay. Michael is currently writing a PhD in experimental poetics at the University of Melbourne; his books include ode ode (2002), BREAK ME OUCH (2006), a raiders guide (2008), and Out of the Box: Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets, coedited with Jill Jones (2009).

This video was recorded on Wednesday 19 May, 2010 at the Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room in the Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Melbourne.

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