Sam
I sure hope he doesn’t Prophesize my downfall again
Paranormal investigator & erotic doomsday prophet, Sam J Grudgings is a queer poet, Events host & mesmerist from Bristol shortlisted for the Outspoken Poetry Prize 2020. His work explores rehabilitation via the lens of body horror, the 1920’s burlesque scene & the new weird movement. Commonly found yelling poems & apocrypha at punk shows & hypnotising audiences with projections & cheap magic tricks - his debut collection The Bible II investigating addiction, loss & the masculine urge to fight or fuck god, was published by Verve Poetry Press in 2021. His pamphlet The Nation’s Saddest Love Poems was published in 2023 with Broken Sleep Books
Specialising in the strange kind of horror that you would catch late at night whilst flicking through TV channels your parents forbade you to watch, Sam brings a special bodily existential dread and feeling of hypnosis to the work he offers.
Skilled in delivering workshops helping writers to unearth their disgust and eviscerate themselves in aesthetically pleasing ways as well as flailing his limbs and yelling at an enraptured audience - you have never seen a poet like this before
Sam is a keen community builder and recognises the value of lived experience and the necessity of forging strong connections within creative networks. One day sam hopes to join up all the fleshy creatives o’er the land in a horrifying marriage of skin to no longer be prone to the whims of shitty funding landscapes and poor returns. You too can be part of this vision. Submit your body to the altar of Art
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