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This chapter presents the full transcript of Virtanen’s interviews with Allen Fisher, which is a key resource for the analyses that take place in Chap. 5. Virtanen and Fisher discuss a range of topics, including Fisher’s early involvements with the British Poetry Revival; his work with Fluxshoe and conceptual art; his views on process; his involvement with a performance of Pollock Record; details regarding Blood Bone Brain; and broader debates about poetry and performance.
Interviewed by Juha Virtanen. Recorded over two separate meetings at a café outside St. James’s Church, London. The first meeting took place on 27 February 2009. The second meeting took place on 18 August 2010.
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Virtanen, J. (2017). An Interview with Allen Fisher. In: Poetry and Performance During the British Poetry Revival 1960–1980 . Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58211-5_7
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