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black and white and red all over\u2026..it\u2019s like the Berlin Wall never fell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belcher & Fulwood Industries present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPEN BOOK + CHAINLINK =<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

writing on the perimeter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CHAINLINK<\/strong>is a NEW journal from Nottingham England of critical thinking about poetry, politics, art, culture and whatever burning issue the editor fixates upon at any given moment.
CHAINLINK<\/strong> is at odds with trends, movements, agendas, tick boxes and the poetry establishment in general.
CHAINLINK<\/strong> agrees with Andy Croft\u2019s assertion that \u201cconversations about poetry have been replaced by conversations about poets, discussions of tradition by accusations of plagiarism, and the language of literary criticism by the hyperbolic language of press releases promoting corporate prizes and celebrity book festivals.\u201d
CHAINLINK<\/strong> values artistic integrity and craftsmanship over networking and blatant self-promotion, intelligent discussion over cheap social media acclamation, and the cut through of honest criticism over the infantile mindset of poetry as a \u201cmerit badge\u201d activity.
CHAINLINK<\/strong> is radical or reactionary depending on your point of view, a natural candidate for cancellation or no-platforming that\u2019ll be damned if anyone\u2019s going to silence it. Whether Chainlink exists to keep its contributors inside or everybody else outside remains to be seen.
CHAINLINK<\/strong> is neither the hero you want nor the hero you need, but the anti-hero our divisive, deleterious and dumbed-down times deserve\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content will be added continuously depending on traffic..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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