POETRY IN PERFORMANCE
As a poet, I've performed on television, radio and at international festivals.
I've also curated live literature events in London and New York.
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Musicians & poets interested in collaborating on projects,
please email me at the link above.

PERFORMANCE VIDEO:

Avra Kouffman, New Year's Day (2006).  Videographer:  Robert O'Haire, Straw2Gold

VOCAL SAMPLES:
I voice the role of the Museum Guide on the TAN hip hop demo, featured in
the Village Voice's 'Best of New York' issue ('05).  To listen, click here.

'Think Back', Recorded 1999 in London.
Lyrics & Vocals: Avra.  Music:  Nico Ramsden.

POETRY IN PRINT:
Lush:  Poems for Stage and Page (Amberfield Press)

Lush has placed high in three national contests:
Finalist, Indie Excellence Awards ('07)
Hon Mention, DIY Book Festival ('07)
First Runner-Up, title poem, Fabulamag.com Contest

Lush is a labor of love.  Many thanks to those who helped with it.
Thanks, too, for attending the Lush launch, a Village Voice
"Voice Choice" and "Book Event Pick".

You can Purchase Lush via Amazon.  It's also in the collections of poetry libraries
like Poets House & The International Poetry Library of San Francisco, as well as
University of Arizona's Poetry Center, Emory University's Danowski Poetry Library
and The Poetry Collection at University of Buffalo.

LIVE PERFORMANCE:
Thanks to all promoters & venues!  I've included links where possible.

Festivals:
Performances/NYC
Performances/UK

Featured performer at more than 30 London clubs & venues ('97-'02):

Apples & Snakes at the Battersea Arts Centre, Asylum, Big Word at Finnegans Wake,
Bohemian Voices at Lately Nightclub, Babushka's, Cambria Arms, Cobden Club,
Colony Room Club, Cunning Linguists at Moriarty’s, Express Excess, Filthy McNasty’s,
Flow at the Vibe Barthe GarageGroucho Club, Hard Edge, London's ICA
(Institute for Contemporary Arts), Lido at Hackney Fields, Poetry Cafe Cabaret
Queen’s Head, Raj Tea Rooms, Raw Tongue at Tac-ti-cal,  Senso Experience at
Salon des Arts, Shortfuse, Spiegeltent, Spitting Pearls at The Spitz, Steptoe’s,
Thalia’s, Vice Verso, Vicious Circle at Mas Café, World Oyster Club at Bunjies. 
Special events include ABCtales club nights, Poetic Pyrotechnic for Camberwell Arts Week,
Gargoyle Magazine launches, the Jewish Artist Group's 'Fifteen Minutes of Fame',
King's College Poetry Society, Paradigm Poets events, the National Small Press Fair
at Royal Festival Hall and National SpeakOut at Conway Hall.
Performances in Bristol, Leicester, London, Luton, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

TELEVISION/VIDEO/RADIO:

TV Interviews/Performances:

Style Channel (U.S.)
Sky Artsworld (U.K.)
BBC2 Open Minds (U.K.)
NYC's Channel 4 News (U.S.)

Video:
Word Conscious ('99), my poetry video, was purchased by the Barbican Centre Library,
the British Library's National Sound Archives, the Poetry Library at the Southbank Centre
and Scotland's Poetry Library.  It can be viewed in these collections.

Radio Performances:
Writers Unlimited (Singapore, Passion FM)
John Peel's Arts Meltdown (UK, Resonance FM)

 
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