WORMS: Readings from The Psychoanalysis Season

Join Worms at Biblioteka for a night of readings from Oluwatobiloba Ajayi, Caitlin Hall, Melissa Lee-Houghton, Dorothy Spencer, Phoenix Yemi performing their poems and essays from Worms’ latest issue: The Psychoanalysis Season, released as online dispatches across Sept through Dec on The Wormhole.

It appears that psychoanalysis is having a bit of a moment in the literary spotlight. Arguably, it’s always been there, but it does make sense that the impulse to dissect our inner workings would emerge in times of crisis, and these are times of irrefutable and unrelenting crises. While writing there is sometimes the sense that we are tapping into something deep within ourselves; latent drives or unconscious yearnings. We have wormed our way into the recesses of the mind and have returned with more than we bargained for. Join us in celebrating The Psychoanalysis Season with a special series of readings and poetry performances.

On the evening, we will also be selling the latest issue of Novembre, featuring a Worms takeover that includes writer and theorist McKenzie Wark, legendary poet CAConrad, artist and writer Sophia Giovannitti, a powerful poem by Fariha Róisín, and an essay by Oluwatobiloba Ajayi on poet and writer Dionne Brand. Alongside this special release we bring back our cult classic, ‘WRITING for PLEASURE! WORMS loves WASTE’ t-shirts in a new grey and pink colourway.

To read The Psychoanalysis Season please visit The Wormhole and sign-up to the Worms Newsletter to receive the dispatches direct to your inbox; featuring a selection of poems, interviews, essays and short stories, from old and new faces alike.

Worms is a female-run magazine and publisher that celebrates and platforms experimental and underrepresented writer culture. www.wormsmagazine.com

Biblioteka is a reference library with a variety of rare and special collections of books, zines and other printed materials within the fields of art, architecture and design. It functions as a platform through which to experiment with new forms of knowledge production, collaboration and curation. Biblioteka is open to the public by appointment at the Architectural Association, 1 Montague Street, London WC1B 5BP.