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Allen Fisher

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Allen Fisher was born in 1944, and is a poet, artist and publisher, and the editor of Spanner magazine.   The British Council's web entry gives an account of his work . ' Altogether Fisher has over 150 publications in his name consisting of art documentation, poetry and theory. In 2015 his book of essays Imperfect Fit: Aesthetic Function, Facture and Reception , a companion to his work with essays by contemporaries and an Allen Fisher Reader were all published.'

 

  • Association of Little Presses: 25th Year Celebration Reading

    Association of Little Presses: 25th Year Celebration Reading

    26 April 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    *Stan Trevor only mentioned in listings magazines ** Cris Creek uncredited in publicity (but appears on tape)
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