Dee Rimbaud

Dee Rimbaud

Dee Rimbaud is a poet, novelist, artist and editor. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1962. He was moulded by the sensibilities of the punk rock movement and in later years highly influenced by the rave scene.

His first poetry collection, "The Bad Seed" was published in 1998. His second collection of poetry, "Dropping Ecstasy With The Angels", was published by [http://www.bluechrome.co.uk/store/shop/item.asp?itemid=30&catid=4 Bluechrome] (2004). It includes many poems in praise of ecstasy and rave culture and is something of a departure from his previous collection, [http://www.rimbaud.org/thebadseed.html The Bad Seed] , which was dark and often nihilistic. Rimbaud's first novel, "Stealing Heaven From The Lips Of God", was also published in 2004.

He is editor of The Book Of Hopes And Dreams an anthology of poetry anthology, which was published in 2006 to raise charitable funds for [Spirit Aid] .

He is editor of The AA Independent Press Guide, an online directory, which has detailed listings of over 2,000 literary magazines and publishers. Rimbaud also maintains a website, "Thunderburst", and a blog.

Dee Rimbaud, whose real name is Dee Sunshine, is also involved in "intelligent dance music" outfit, The Melted Rubber Humans, under the alias Captain Melted.

Publications

* "The Bad Seed"
Stride 1998 - poetry collection.
* "Dropping Ecstasy With The Angels" ISBN 1-904781-06-3
Bluechrome Publishing, 2004 - poetry collection.
* "Stealing Heaven From The Lips Of God" ISBN 1-904781-40-3
Bluechrome Publishing, 2004 - novel.

Anthologies

* "The Book Of Hopes And Dreams" (editor)
Bluechrome Publishing, 2006
Contributors include: Moniza Alvi, Simon Armitage, Margaret Atwood, Alan Brownjohn, David Constantine, Cyril Dabydeen, Carol Ann Duffy, Ruth Fainlight, Vicki Feaver, Elaine Feinstein, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alasdair Gray, Tony Harrison, John Heath-Stubbs, David Knopfler, Edwin Morgan and Anne Stevenson.
* The Reater "Issue 5" (contributor)
Wrecking Ball Press ISBN 1-903110-04-1

See also

*Wrecking Ball Press

External links

* [http://www.rimbaud.org.uk/thebadseed.html Dee Rimbaud: first poetry collection: Bad Seed]
* [http://www.rimbaud.org.uk/droppingecstasy.html Dee Rimbaud: second poetry collection: Dropping Ecstasy With The Angels]
* [http://www.thunderburst.co.uk Dee Rimbaud website]
* [http://www.rimbaud.org.uk/aaipg.html The AA Independent Press Guide]
* [http://deerimbaud.blogspot.com/ Dee Rimbaud blog]
* [http://www.spiritaid.org.uk Spirit Aid]
* [http://www.bluechrome.co.uk/store/shop/custom.asp?recid=1 Bluechrome Publishing]
* [http://www.stridemagazine.co.uk/ Stride Magazine]
* [http://www.myspace.com/captainmelted Melted Rubber Humans/ Dee Rimbaud a.k.a. Captain Melted]


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