NATHAN JONES
Nathan Jones is an innovative,
explorative poet, educator and literature programmer. He has been a
resident writer, producing irreverent, lyrical poetry on contemporary
concerns, for the Mercy arts collective for 6 years. During this
time, he has received prizes including LJMU's Arvon Award for Poetry,
Dazed and Confused's Re:Creation Award, and Noise Festival's Curator's Choice,
and worked in partnership with many of the city's emerging artists, curators and
writers.
In 2008 Nathan received commissions from Everyman Theatre,
FACT, the Bluecoat and Tate Liverpool, and produced and stared-in a series of
shows called Wave If You're Really There, which Liverpool Culture Company
described as 'the live-literature highlight of the year'. Nathan's
celebrated work for these events included collaborations with musicians, and
several digital and fine-artists. His poetry has featured on Radio 4 and
Radio 1 and he recently completed a 3 hour recording session of his poetry in
performance for Radio Merseyside. He one of the headline acts at this
year's London Word Festival, and has a publication planned for
2009.
As an educator, Nathan has completed residencies
in HMP Walton and HMP Wymott as well as developing writing workshops for a
variety of universities, schools and community centres across
Merseyside.
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