Face to face

Robert Vas Dias, an Anglo-American based in London, is the author of ten poetry collections in the UK and USA, the latest of which is London Cityscape Sijo (Perdika, 2012).  Still· Life and Other Poems of Art and Artifice appeared from Shearsman, 2010. His poetry and criticism have appeared in about 100 magazines, journals, and anthologies in both countries, he has edited four literary journals and the anthology Inside Outer Space (NY: Doubleday), and has been editor-publisher of Permanent Press since 1972. He has organised poetry festivals, readings and conferences and has curated exhibitions in both countries, most recently for Gresham College and Central Saint Martins in London, and taught in the Graduate Creative Writing Programme of Antioch University in London. His collection combining art and poetry, Leaping Down to Earth, with images by Stephen Chambers and Tom Hammick, was published in 2008, and The Lascaux Variations, with images by John Wright, appeared in 2009.