I've been busy editing an anthology of British and Irish poetry which is due out next Spring. It's quite a big deal - 'the poets of this generation' sort of thing, with 85 poets and a big marketing push planned. It will be called Identity Parade (with an explanatory subtitle).
I'm looking for BCB's artier posters to suggest possible artists / images for the cover. We have had several ideas so far, but nothing that wholly pleases both the publisher and myself. The image should loosely reflect the title - perhaps in a sideways sense - striking images of 'multiplicity' are one thing we are after - repeated images or many varieties of one thing reflected / depicted in an image or photo.
Any suggestions welcome.
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What you don't want is a 'Usual Suspects' type picture with Wordsworth, Oscar Wilde, John Betjeman, WB Years et al. in a criminal line up.
...actually that's exactly what you DO want - how much you paying?
...actually that's exactly what you DO want - how much you paying?
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Shakespeare marching down the High Street banging a drum with Lord Byron driving a float behind that has a load of Pre-Raphaelite poets on the back waving at the crowd.
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DWD wrote:Something like this
Velvis may or may not be the cover star
That is brilliant!
You come at the Queen, you best not miss.
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Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
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Chaucer with a quill in one hand and an iPod in the other, winking into the camera like a cover of i-D magazine.
or perhaps just shrugging his shoulders with a knowing expression
or perhaps just shrugging his shoulders with a knowing expression
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Robert Graves projectile vomiting semi colons, stanzas and twitter updates
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Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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Alfred Lord Tennision's Facebook page.
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A picture of Roddy's face as he logs into BCB again and opens this thread eagerly to find out people's suggestions.
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Emily Bronte's face made up of police criminal photo id sections.
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TS Eliot riding a tricycle and eating a hot dog
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The Prof wrote:Alfred Lord Tennision's Facebook page.
Lord Tennison current mood =
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Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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Siegfried Sassoon hiding from Ben Jonson in the biscuit aisle at Budgens
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the same pose as the BBC test card doing noughts & crosses on a blackboard
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The Prof wrote:Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the same pose as the BBC test card doing noughts & crosses on a blackboard
actually scrap the blackboard, she's on a PS3 doing Resident Evil 5
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Pam Ayres crawling across rocks in a mermaids outfit a la Jerry Hall with a grenade in her mouth
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Edward Lear arguing vociferously with a traffic warden about who has taken the most test match catches
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