![]() This bold formal experimentation may have been inspired by his teaching of Creative Writing at New Writing South. “ Spacecraft is quite experimental in its approach to form,” he notes, and explains that this, “together with its surrealism and queer subject matter, meant it would best suit a publisher that liked work that pushed at boundaries.” This drew him towards Penned in the Margins, with their hallmark ‘curiosity, innovation, and openness.’ He published his second collection, Spacecraft, with them in 2016, and I ask him to tell me about how he got involved with the literary arts company. McCullough appeared at this year’s So: To Speak 2018 festival, as part of the Small Press Showcase with Penned in the Margins. His work includes two poetry collections, The Frost Fairs, and Spacecraft, as well as commissioned poems for The British Museum and The British Film Institute, and a collaboration with composer Ricky Horscraft and the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, writing lyrics narrating the story of a queer burglar from birth to death for a piece entitled The Seven Doors of Danny. ![]() John McCullough is a Brighton-based poet. ![]()
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