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THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester

RADICAL POET/AUTHOR/ARTIST/FORMER HYPNOTHERAPIST

About Me

THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST: Internationally acclaimed REVOLUTIONARY AUTHOR/POET/ARTIST/POLITICAL ACTIVIST. A former highly successful hypnotherapist/counsellor and Icon in the glamour industry. Worked with TURNER PRIZE nominees JAKE & DINOS CHAPMAN in their film BRING ME THE HEAD OF and with SAM TAYLOR-WOOD in work was subsequently exhibited in SENSATION at Charles SAATCHI Gallery, London. 6 publications to date: CANDY COTTON KIN AND THE FAUSTIAN WOLF, TLAZOLTEOTL POEMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, HELKAPPE POEMS, THE PAJNANDRUM OF QUONDAM, SELECTED POEMS CD and THE RIPPER UNMASKED: Confessions from Sutcliffe to a Hypnotist. I have been published in: PURPLE PATCH, AVACADO, FIRE POETRY MAGAZINE, FULL MOON EMPTY SPORTSBAG (next to PETE DOHERTY), The TLS, LITTORAL, SECOND LIGHT, PULSAR, QUANTUM LEAP, REACH, DIAL 174, THE MAGPIE'S NEST, THE LONG POEM NEWSLETTER, mentioned in MSLEXIA, FIRE, SERENITY, FORWARD PRESS, mentioned in TEARS IN THE FENCE, SMOKE, SOVLIT.COM awarded me A HIGH ACCOLADE for my LONG POEM: THE PANJANDRUM OF QUONDAM (THE EPIC GRENADE) International Library of Poetry, Southend Poetry Group Anthologies 22, 23. Anchor Books Anthologies,and more. I write for the page more than the stage. My SELECTED POEMS CD is receiving a lot of attention from many Internet Radio Stations. I have been interviewed on BBC Radio Essex, BBC Radio Leeds, Essex Radio. Featured on BBC2, SKY and more recently Channel 5. The Garden Radio, Headstand Radio, Under The Pavement Radio. Featured on New York Urban Art Collective.NOMINATIONS/AWARDS: Nominated for The Callum MacDonald Memorial Award for poetry 2002 for my long poem CANDY COTTON KID AND THE FAUSTIAN WOLF. COMRADE OF THE MONTHS FOR SOVLIT.COM THE ACADEMIC WEBSITE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SOVIET LITERATURE NOV 2005, DEC 2005, JAN 2006 and THE PANJANDRUM OF QUONDAM has now been translated for publication in RUSSIAN.Art shows and performance work all over London and fine art exhibited in galleries in Essex and London.GRAPHORRHOEALISM is a new Literary Style I have developed. It is a fusion of poetry and psychology and does not adhere to the rigid forms and styles that the Literati - I call them Literary Dictators - expect contemporary poets to follow as a matter of course.I oppose THE ESTABLISHMENT in ACADEMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL and GENDER HIERARCHIES.My Muse is VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY - THE GREAT RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY POET/PLAYWRIGHT/ARTIST.I have written and published 2 major poetry collections, TLAZOLTEOL POEMS and ILLUSTRATIONS, HELKAPPE POEMS, and two Slim Volumes: CANDY COTTON KID AND THE FAUSTIAN WOLF, this was nominated for an award and featured in the TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT. The other Slim Volume THE PANJANDRUM OF QUONDAM (The Epic Grenade) was awarded a high accolade as a tribute to MAYAKOVSKY it has also been translated for publication in Russian. My latest publication is THE RIPPER UNMASKED A 300 PAGE MEMOIR details on all my publications on my blog with reviews and how to purchase. I have recently recorded my award-winning epic THE PANJANDRUM OF QUONDAM with Golden Cage and for my own label SAMIZDAT RECORDINGS, - available to download at www.myspace.com/panjandrumcd. I have another long poem to record and a film deal in the pipeline.I HAVE ANOTHER POETRY COLLECTION READY TO PUBLISH.Aims: I AM A WILD WOMAN! I intend to change the course of LITERARY HISTORY!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/1/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/lesterpoetry
Band Members: SANDRA LESTER / THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST
Influences: POET/political INFLUENCES:VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY / EMMELINE PANKHURST/SYLVIA PLATH / ROBERT LOWELL / J.H. PRYNNE / ANNA AKHMATOVA / MARINA TSVETAYEVA / PETER READING / CHRISTOPHER LOGUE / GINSBERG / SURREALISTS / METAPHYSICALPOETRY APPRECIATION LISTED ALPHABETICALLY: MAYA ANGELOU / ASHERBY / BAUDELAIRE / APHRA BEHN / BERRYMAN / BISHOP / BLAKE / ALEXANDER BLOK / /LOUISE BOGAN / ANNE BRADSTREET / RUPERT BROOKE / GWENDOLYN BROOKS / BYRON / CAROLYN CASSADY / COLERIDGE / JOHN COOPER CLARKE / GREGORY CORSO / EE.CUMMINGS / IVOR CUTLER / DIANE DI PRIMA / JOHN DONNE / HILDA DOOLITTLE / EMILY DICKINSON / DRYDEN / CAROL ANN DUFFY / T.S. ELIOT / PAUL ELUARD / ROBERT FROST / ISABELLA GARDNER / GUNTER GRASS / ROBERT GRAVES / THOM GUNN / TONY HARRISON / GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS / HERBERT HUNKE / RANDALL JARRELL / BEN JOHNSON / ELIZABETH JENNINGS / LENORE KANDEL / KEATS / KEROUAC / MAXINE KUMIN / KUSHNER / LARKIN / LERMONTOV / PHILIP LEVINE / LORCA / LONGFELLOW / LOUIS MACNEICE / AMY LOWELL / MARLOWE / MARVELL / MERRILL / W.S. MERWIN / EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY / JOSEPHINE MILES / LYN MOIR / MARIANNE MOORE / NEMEROV / NERUDA / BEN OKRI / MIMI PARENT / PASTERNAK / PUSHKIN / RUTH PADEL / DOROTHY PARKER / POPE / HAROLD PINTER / EZRA POUND / ADRIENNE RICH / RAINER MARIA RILKE / THEODORE ROETHKE / CHRISTINA ROSETTI / SONIA SANCHEZ / SAPPHO / ANNE SEXTON / TUPAC SHAKUR / SHELLEY / EDITH SITWELL / STEVIE SMITH / W.D. SNODGRASS / GARY SNYDER / STEPHEN SPENDER / SPENSER / WALLACE STEVENS / MAY SWENSON / SWINBURNE / TAGORE / SARAH TEASDALES / TENNYSON / R.S. THOMAS / DEREK WALCOTT / WEVILL / WHITMAN / WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS / WORDSWORTH / YEATS / YEVTUSHENKO / BENJAMIN ZEPHANAIHCLASSICAL MUSIC BEETHOVEN,MAHLER,MOZART,MUSSORGSKY,PROKOFIEV,RACHMANINOV,SCH UBERT,SCHERBACHEV,SHOSTAKONITH,SIBELIUS,STRAVINSKY,TCAHIKOVS KY,VIVALDI,WAGNER...........and moreCONTEMPORARY MUSIC PUNK, IAN BROWN, IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS, STEREO MC'S, RADIOHEAD, THOM YORKE, NICK CAVE,KASABIAN, WHITE STRIPES,AMY WINEHOUSE, SON OF DAVE, JOANNA NEWSON, UNKLE,PRODIGY,KAISER CHIEFS,BOBDYLAN, STEREO MC'S, BJORK,PJHARVEY, TORI AMOS, SINEAD O'CONNOR, NORTHERN SOUL,DAFT PUNK,THECHARLATANS, HAPPY MONDAYS, GRACE JONES, MOTOWN, CRANBERRIES, DONAVON, ARCTIC MONKEYS, DAVID BOWIE, THE FALL, JOY DIVISION, MORISSEY, SEX PISTOLS, OASIS, GORILLAZ, GOLDFRAPP, STONE ROSES, CLASH, SOUL II SOUL, MASSIVE ATTACK, DRUM & BASS, TRICKY,THEORB,THEDOORS,T.REX,BOBMARLEY,THE THE,URIAH HEEP,IGGY POP,LOU REED,CAPTAINBEEFHEART,THE NICE, THE DAMNED, ATOMIC ROOSTER,KING CRIMSON,PINK FLOYD, NIRVANA,THE CULT, BILLIE HOLLIDAY, SMALL FACES,KINKS,SPENCER DAVIS,THE WHO, BEATLES, ROLLING STONES, LEDZEPPELLIN,MARILYN MANSON,JIMI HENDRIX,U2, RONI SIXE,CYPRESS HILL, FUN LOVIN CRIMS, BAUHAUS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, GARBAGE, JANIS JOPLIN,ARETHA FRANKLIN,DAMIEN RICE,JONI MITCHELL, KATE BUSH, PRIMAL SCREAM, RAZORLIGHT,CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE BIRD AND THE BEE, COURTENAY LOVE,SYD BARRETT, APHEX TWIN, KRAFTWERK,ORBITAL,ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION, SIMON & GARFUNKEL,TUPAC SHAKUR,SUZANNE VEGA, VANESSA MAY.......there's so many the list is never ending really!!JAZZ JAN GARBAREK COURTENAY PINEWRITERS BATAILLE / SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR / APHRA BEHN / BRONTE SISTERS / ANTHONY BURGESS / ALBERT CAMUS / CHEKOV / DOSTOYEVSKY / GERMAINE GREER / HELENE CIXOUS / SANDRA H. GILBERT / SUSAN GUBAR / ALDOUS HUXLEY / LUCE IRIGARAY / JAMES JOYCE / HETTIE JONES / KESSEY / MARY MIDGLEY / ROBIN MORGAN / IRIS MURDOCH / ANAIS NIN / JOYCE CAROL OATES / GEROGE ORWELL / ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER / SYLVIA PLATH / PLATONOV / EDGAR ALLEN POIE / AYN RAND / JACQUELINE ROSE / JEANPAUL SARTRE / ANNE STEVENSON / TOLSTOY / TURGENEV / OSCAR WILDE / VIRGINIA WOOLF / MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT / EMIL ZOLAPLAYWRIGHTS ANTONIN ARTAUD / APHRA BEHN / BRECHT / SARAH CANE / GENET / IBSEN / KAFKA / MARLOWE / MAYAKOVSKY / ARTHUR MILLER / HAROLD PINTER / SHAFFER / TARKOVSKYOTHER INTERESTS ANTHROPOLOGY / ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS / ART / ASTRONOMY / BALLET / BIRDS OF PREY / CLASSICAL MUSIC / COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE / FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY / DESIGN (INTERIOR, CLOTHES , GRAPHIC ) / ESCAPOLOGY / ETYMOLOGY / FASHION (ADAPTING CLOTHES,SHOES,ACCESSORIES) / FLOWERS/FAUNA / FURNITURE (ADAPTING WITH SURREAL/JAPANESE INFLUENCES0 / HAND EMBROIDERY** MY WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN FINE ART GALLERIESAND INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED. / HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS / HISTORY / HYPNOSIS / ILLUSIONISTS / LEXICOGRAPHY / MAASIA TRIBE / MAGICIANS / MAKING JEWELLERY / MEDITATION / MEDIUMS / MNEMONICS / MUSIC / MYTHOLOGY / NATURAL HISTORY / OPERA / PARANORMAL / PARAPSYCHOLOGY / PHOTOGRAPHY / PLAYWRITING / POETRY / PHILOSOPHY / PHRENOLOGY / POLITICS / POLITICAL ACTIVIST / PSYCHOANALYSIS / PSYCHOLOGY / READING / REsellin full rune INCARNATION / RELIGION / REVOLUTIONARIES / RUSSIAN CLUTURE / SAMURAI / SATIRE / SOLITUDE / SPIRITUALITY / SUPERNATURAL / SWANS / SYMBOLISM / SYNCHRONICITY / THEATRE / THEOLOGY / TRANSMIGRATION / TRAVEL / WRITING
Sounds Like: UNIQUE
Record Label: SAMIZDAT RECORDINGS/PUBLISHING my own label
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Apology received

I have received an apology from the Directors. They want me back. I am giving it some thought. Sometimes, life presents us with a dichotomy that on one hand compromises our integrity and yet provides ...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:15:00 PST

CHAUVINISM IN THE WORKPLACE/MY POEM "THE POCKET-SIZED WREATH"

Against my priniciples, I was forced to take some work to fund a low spot and be able to continue to write poetry. As I have an impressive background in business, often, people think that I have lost ...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:20:00 PST

ANGER OF A POET

Hi. Thanks to all of you that have read and subscribed to my blog and please accept my apologies for being so quiet for so long. Anger is the greatest creative fuel! It is anger that has fuelled my wh...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:54:00 PST

MY BLOG TALK RADIO INTERVIEW LAST SUNDAY 9PM with Colleen Lue and US poet Justin Blackburn

Check out the interview that everyone is talking about. Hope to have a link v soon. Thanks, Sandra
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:29:00 PST

DOWNLOAD SHOW WITH MELLOW VIBES and MYPOETRY

Mellow vibes and my poetry featured in a complete show last night. You cand DOWNLOAD from www.myspace.com/headgardener blog right now! Thank you all for your interest in my work. Best wishes, Sandra...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:26:00 PST

FREE DOWNLOAD THE PANJANDRUM OF QUONDAM

Hi everyone. I wanted to let you know that you can download THE PANJANDRUM OF QUONDAM FREE up to Friday this week. This is a major opus and if you would like to rea dthe outstandinreviews then you can...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:19:00 PST

My beautiful new dog

Wow! Overnight my life changed dramatically! I went to a local poet's new collection launch on Wednesday and went home with a new pet dog! He is awesome. Stands as high as a great dane and he is such ...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:42:00 PST

www.myspace.com/panjandrumcd

www.myspace.com/panjandrumcd is my new space for the 12 minute epic that challenges the critics/literati. Please add to this profile and it would be great for you all to listen and give me some feedba...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:13:00 PST

BOOK-TO-FILM ADAPTATION

Hi. For those of you that were unaware of my book THE RIPPER UNMASKED: Confessions from Sutcliffe to a Hypnotist, I would like to give you the latest information about this 300-page memoir. www.myspa...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:38:00 PST

THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST MOVEMENT

Hi. Recently I did an interview for a new local arts magazine and the focus was on my work as a poet/author/artist/activist and this encompassed being the founder of THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST MOVEMENT. Thi...
Posted by THE GRAPHORRHOEALIST - Sandra Lester on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:59:00 PST