Miguel Cullen
| Miguel Cullen | |
|---|---|
| Residence | London, U.K. |
| Occupation | Poet, journalist, Rapper |
| Relatives | Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (grandfather) William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (great-grandfather) F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (great-grandfather) |
Miguel Cullen is a British poet and freelance journalist who lives in London.
Background
Cullen is of mixed British and Argentine heritage. His grandfather was Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell, ex-proprietor of The Daily Telegraph. His great-grandfathers were William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose and F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead.
Poetry
Cullen’s first collection of poetry, Wave Caps,[1][2][3][4] was a The Times Literary Supplement ‘Book of the Year’ in 2014.[5] The TLS praised its “streetsmart ventriloquism”, while an interview in Vice (magazine) [6] described it as “full of the lawless energy of late nights and early mornings, hop-scotching London’s jungle raves”.
Cullen is an avant-garde poet who uses frequent references to drum & bass and other urban music, using stream-of-consciousness style to weave together a fragile, interconnected world. The critic Ian Thomson (writer) compared him to Ezra Pound,[7] citing his "allusions from Greek mythology (colliding) with sound system culture (and) pavement pounding street demotic".
The book was published under Odilo Press,[8] for which Cullen collaborated with Alix Janta-Polczynski, publisher of the Artists' Book of ABCs.[9]
Journalism
Cullen is arts editor for The Catholic Herald.[10] He has also published music journalism in Vice (magazine),[11] Wonderland magazine, The Independent,[12] The Daily Telegraph,[13][14] including four cover features and in-depth documentary articles on Dub music, the Bristol underground scene, and the history of Black cinema in the UK for Clash (magazine),[15][16][17][18]
References
- ↑ http://literateur.com/wave-caps-by-miguel-cullen/
- ↑ http://www.eastendreview.co.uk/2014/08/13/former-journalist-miguel-cullen-publishes-poetry-collection/
- ↑ http://eroticreviewmagazine.com/reviews/making-waves/
- ↑ http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2014/10/wave-caps/
- ↑ http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/reviews/arts_and_commentary/article1488246.ece
- ↑ https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/miguel-cullen-wave-caps-289
- ↑ http://www.odilo-press.com
- ↑ http://www.odilo-press.com
- ↑ http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/exhibitions/easy-as-abc-famous-artists-collaborate-on-childrens-colouring-book-8936385.html
- ↑ http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/miguel-cullen/
- ↑ https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/the-wu-tang-clan-talks-obama-gay-rap-and-odb
- ↑ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/author/miguel-cullen/
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7965897/Don-Letts-interview.html
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7614868/Matthew-Herbert-interview.html
- ↑ https://miguelcullen4.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/miguel-cullen-on-the-birth-of-black-cinema-in-the-uk-clash-magazine/
- ↑ http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/dread-beat-and-blood-the-dna-of-dub
- ↑ http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/pretty-mother-fucker-asap-rocky
- ↑ https://miguelcullen4.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/clash_birth_of_series_low.pdf
External links
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