Red Door 39 - Impermanence

RED DOOR 39
IMPERMANENCE
2025
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
EDITORIAL:
Thoughts on Impermanence
by Madam Neverstop ------------06
POEMA SUELTO
Language, print,
and resistance ------------------08-09
Poetry Unleashed CPH
is turning 2-----------------------10-11
POETRY BY:
Michael Mirolla --------------------12
Louhi Pohjola --------------------- 13
Lawrence Bridges ----------------14
Denise Gilchrist -------------------15
David Thompson -----------------16
Gurupreet K. Khalsa--------------17
James Grabill----------------------18
THE NEON REBEL
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FEATURED ART BY:
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THE POETIC PHONOTHEQUE’S
BRAND NEW LOOK --------------- 28 - 29
THE MACHINE
Latest release by Red Press -----30
THE RED TRANSMISSIONS PODCAST
A conversation with Sean Prophet
UNMAKING BELIEF -------------- 31
RED DOOR MAGAZINE #39
2025
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EDITORIAL
Dear Readers,
Thoughts on Impermanence
Welcome to Issue #39 of Red Door Magazine,
where we explore Impermanence not as a
passive condition but as an active force—one
that shapes, disrupts, and transforms. This issue
examines impermanence as both a challenge
and a tool, a dynamic that compels us to create,
adapt, and resist.
Impermanence is the thread running through
the poetry, art, and activism featured in these
pages. It is the quiet persistence of survival in
the bilingual broadsides of Puerto Rico En Mi
Corazón, created in the aftermath of Hurricane
Maria, and in the work of La Impresora featured
in our current exhibit POEMA SUELTO. ​These
works, born from rupture, are acts of cultural
preservation, amplifying voices that might
otherwise be lost to time or circumstance. ​
The poetry in this issue reflects impermanence
in its many forms—Michael Mirolla’s Marble
Rock Road evokes the shifting layers of
memory and landscape, while Denise
Gilchrist’s Fire in the Wall captures the tension
between nostalgia and the inevitability of
moving forward. These works remind us that
impermanence is not simply loss; it is also
renewal, a space where transformation begins.
In Australia, NAIDOC Week celebrates the
enduring legacy of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Peoples, whose connection
to Country persists despite centuries of
colonization. ​The artists featured—Emma
Donovan, Emily Wurramara, and GLVES—
embody impermanence as continuity,
carrying ancestral wisdom into new forms of
expression that resonate across generations.
Impermanence also drives innovation. The
Poetic Phonotheque, with its living archive of
voices from over 40 countries, exemplifies this. ​
It preserves poetry not as a static artifact but as
a dynamic, evolving practice—one that fosters
cross-cultural dialogue and keeps language
alive through collaboration and community.
Her new book is a reminder that impermanence is
not only personal but deeply political, a condition
that demands action.
At Red Door, impermanence is central to our
ethos. It is the reason we continue to create, to
amplify voices, and to foster connections across
borders and disciplines. ​It is not a limitation
but a catalyst—a force that drives us to keep
moving, keep questioning, and keep building.
Sean Prophet’s interview for the Red
Transmissions Podcast, Unmaking Belief, offers
a compelling exploration of impermanence in the
realm of ideology and personal transformation. ​
Prophet recounts his journey from being a highranking
member of a doomsday cult to breaking
free from its grip, risking everything he had ever
known. ​His story is a raw and unflinching look at
how systems of belief infiltrate our minds and
shape our lives, and how the act of questioning
and unmaking those beliefs can lead to profound
liberation. ​It is a testament to the power of
critical thinking and personal freedom in the
face of deeply entrenched systems of control. ​
Impermanence is not just a theme—it is the
foundation of our work. As an independent
platform, we rely on the support of our community
to continue amplifying voices, producing art, and
fostering connections across borders. ​By joining
us on Patreon, you can help sustain our projects,
from the Poetic Phonotheque to Red Press, the
gallery, the Red Transmissions Podcast, and
ensure that our work remains free and accessible
to all. ​Even small contributions make a significant
impact, enabling us to preserve independent
creative expression and build a space where
impermanence becomes a force for change.
Thank you for joining us in this exploration. Let
us embrace impermanence not as an end, but as
a beginning.
Lalo Barrubia’s The Machine (Red Press, 2025)
offers a visceral exploration of impermanence
on a systemic level. ​Her work confronts the
collapse of capitalist structures, the absurdities
of bureaucracy, and the environmental decay that
forces us to reconsider how we live and resist. ​

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For eight days, artists from Sweden and
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meet and put on about 100 events.
Presenting various performances in hotel
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Currently at RED DOOR:
Poema Suelto:
Language, Print,
and Resistance
On August 2, 2025, Poema Suelto unfolded at Red
Door Gallery in Copenhagen as a multi-format
gathering exploring small-scale publishing as a
form of resistance. Anchored by the Puerto Rican
press and Risograph studio La Impresora, the
event brought together a workshop, exhibition,
and book show, focusing on how poetry and print
intersect across geographies, languages, and
political conditions.
The workshop, led by poet and publisher Nicole
Cecilia Delgado, introduced participants to
four single-page publication formats used by
La Impresora. Working with text, folding, and
Risograph aesthetics, the session emphasized
publishing as a democratic act—one that amplifies
voices outside mainstream literary systems.
Delgado’s approach, shaped by years of work in
Puerto Rico’s independent literary scene, draws
on ecofeminist and land-based poetics while
maintaining a strong commitment to access and
sustainability.
The exhibition and book show featured Puerto
Rico En Mi Corazón, a collection of bilingual
broadsides created in the wake of Hurricane
Maria. Edited by E. Rowan Mena - whose work as
a poet, translator, and book artist engages deeply
with multilingual publishing and the politics of
form - and coordinated by Anomalous Press, the
series includes work by 20 Puerto Rican poets,
printed by letterpress studios across the US.
Proceeds originally supported grassroots
recovery efforts through Taller Salud. The
broadsides—poems in English and Spanish—are
acts of cultural survival, marking a transnational
effort to archive, witness, and circulate
Puerto Rican literary expression. Alongside
the broadsides was a curated selection of La
Impresora’s publications, reflecting the press’s
broader editorial mandate: to support emerging
writers, experimental formats, and self-managed
publishing. Founded in 2016 by Delgado and
Amanda Hernández, La Impresora produces
chapbooks, zines, and artist books using
vegetable-based inks and sustainable methods.
Together, these interconnected formats—
bookmaking, poetry, translation —form a
network of autonomous cultural production.
Exhibition on view
until August 23rd.

from our FRIENDS:
Two years of
Poetry Unleashed started spontaneously
by Arina, as she was looking for an international
poetry community in Copenhagen, when
Rodrigo Galindo, the owner of Den Lille
Comedy Club in Nørrebro, kindly gave her the
space to create a poetry open mic in English.
Arina remembers: “I was writing to the venue
a few days before the first event, saying, I
think I have to cancel. I needed to find people
to read! And I had very little network then, I
went to every poetry event I could find, talked
to everyone trying to “recruit” poets. It felt
quite awkward. I was terrified to even think
about the audience! But Rodrigo said, we
announced it, let’s go through with it, and I’m
glad we did.
I think we were four poets, including fantastic
Kenyan poet Mumbi Macharia and Iskra
Dinkova, queer non-binary conceptual artist
from Bulgaria, both based in Copenhagen.
Quite a few people showed up, and the
evening went pretty well.”
Since then, Poetry Unleashed has had 25
events, including collaborations with Red
Door, Super Times Bookstore, Lunden and
Copenhagen-based Ukrainian Comedian
Kat Attack. Nowadays, at every event
there are up to 16 poets sharing their
work, with a few more on the waiting list.
Poetry Unleashed has welcomed close to 100
poets from around the world:
Europe, Asia, the Middle East,
Australia, South and North America.
“Now we’re only missing Antarctica!”
There is also a fair amount of Danish poets
writing in English, as well as poets passing
through Copenhagen just on time to take part
in Poetry Unleashed.
Accidentally things just started to develop,
creative connections and friendships
were made, Poetry Unleashed grew into a
community. “I’m kind of just keeping the fire
lit now… and it’s taken on its own life”.
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Last April Dave Wood, one of the regular
poets of Poetry Unleashed, published an
article Dancing with Words in Copenhagen
Post.
Since May, Nicolai Vernoccini, Danish-
Italian playwright and philosopher, started a
podcast called Poedcast Unleashed, having
in-depth conversation with the regulars
of Poetry Unleashed, you can find it on
YouTube.
Arina is in the process of applying for
funding as Poetry Unleashed has many new
exciting projects in mind.
Join Poetry Unleashed two-year celebration
and meet a lot of the regular poets as
well as a few newcomers on August 21st
starting 19:00 at La Fee Verte. For more
information on line up, future dates and
other project visit @poetry_unleashed_
cph on Instagram and Facebook.
Photos by Monish Rajendran
ARTICLE BY POETRY UNLEASHED CPH
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POETRY:
The Ghosts Along Marble Rock Road
Marble Rock stretches
Along cozy palimpsest.
Time’s coloured layers
Hockey sticks and bikes.
The past floating out. Wind scythes
Through rupturing barn
Flute-hollow bones whistle.
Tune lifting earthbound to flight.
Eyeless raven. Blinks
Upheaving meadow.
In a mix of snow and stone
Spirit trees push sky
Granite’s unsettled groan.
Ageless connections severed
To make way. Scars left
Red flag snaps in wind.
Dominion’s futile claim
As sweetgrass rises
Birchbark canoe breaks
Sun stars on diamond water.
Pelts seeking to hide
Years-gone Joe daily
Searches no-more-his mailbox.
Ink-splat love letter
Stick keeps on tapping.
Long after footsteps vanish
Through macadam skin
Marble Rock twists back
To swallow its wind-swept tale.
Möbius strip tease
The author of more than two dozen
novels, plays, film scripts and short story
and poetry collections, Michael Mirolla’s
publications include a novella, The Last
News Vendor, winner of the 2020 Hamilton
Literary Award. Born in Italy and growing
up in Montreal, Michael now makes his
home outside the town of Gananoque in
the Thousand Islands area of Ontario.
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Mongolia
There’s no need
to travel back
to the apron of the Gobi
to find the ruins
of an abandoned city.
And no need
to trudge down
two roads-with-no-names
towards the expanse studded
with stacked stones.
You needn’t
glimpse the crystalline
face of the Milky Way behind
the dark mantilla of sky,
from that point where nothing
howls except the wind.
Nor should you
go to search again
for the baby ibex skull,
its curved horns
barely ridged, its empty
eye sockets
glazing past
us in the corsac’s barren den.
For the city
is gone,
lost to time,
the roads
are gone,
lost to dust,
the Milky Way
is gone,
lost to light
and the skull
is gone,
the fox, the den.
Louhi Pohjola was born in Montreal,
Canada, to Finnish immigrant parents.
She was a cell and molecular biologist
before teaching sciences and humanities
in a small high school in southern Oregon.
Louhi lives in Portland, Oregon, with her
husband and her temperamental terrier.
The latter thinks that he is a cat.
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POETRY:
This Machete Is for Arm and Jungle
This machete is for arm and jungle. No way is given
like a sentence to plot. Leaking happily with fragrant
sap, I go. I went early one morning before morning,
still part yesterday, that drew out time for greater
losses. I gave a stack of scribbled notes its sunrise
to drunkenness and fleecings by entertainment and
nightwork. It’s better to ooze than conclude it’s dark
here to no effect and watch corpses hauled out each
morning; the fruit of deliveries and schooling, the
aroma of my hacking trail, told by branches bleeding
my path, not straight, and not consolation art.
Lawrence Bridges’ poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and Tampa Review. He
has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums (Red Hen Press, 2006), Flip Days
(Red Hen Press, 2009), and Brownwood (Tupelo Press, 2016). You can find him on IG: @
larrybridges
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Fire in the Wall
In the winter of bardo waiting for COBRA to insure me
I went back to Gallagher Road with my dog.
To gray stucco and black shutters
to the old screen door of unit #2.
I found boarded up windows
staring cold in the sun. I imagined
my fist wrapping a crowbar
breaking the shell of linear time.
Me crawling inside, to curl up
under the old white sink
to get the feeling felt when life was a seed
waiting for the peepers to sing
communing with the toddler me
roaming the yellow hall, learning
her letters, counting to 10, molding
cupcakes from blue clay.
In the parking lot of hard stone,
the swing set is gone, life is getting done.
Stella’s leash tugged at my hand,
her black collie fur flowing free.
We turned away, got back in my car
back to the business of growing up.
Denise Gilchrist is an emerging poet with an educational background in horticulture. She
lives in the forest of southeastern Pennsylvania with her loving husband and cherished
border collie. Her poems have been published in Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine,
Door is A Jar, Woods Reader, Suburban Witchcraft, and other journals.
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POETRY:
Vanishing Spring
You spend a few wet spring days
blind indoors, nothing but catkins
hanging pollen-dusted, fruit buds still tight.
And then the low flowers break through:
snowdrops, starched white, sturdy;
the blue of perfumed hyacynths; daffodils
yellower than primroses, gold as sun,
a touch vulnerable, worried they’re
banalities; show time for ladysmock,
cowslips, the snakeskin mottle of fritillaries.
Too soon, they’re gone, lost in the green
leaf invasion. Tree blossom takes over:
banks of amelanchier, clouds of cherry,
white and carmine apple petals,
pink quinces’ gold stamens,
plums and damsons, slow-bursting pear.
Maybe there was a moment, maybe
those first ground flowers were fertilized, maybe
fragments of sunshine gave the bees a chance.
But bloom time’s all too brief:
blink, and the first perfection’s over,
ripe seedheads months away.
Night frosts drip the last drops
of vanishing spring,
melancholy tinges lengthening evenings,
and birdsong fills gaps in time.
David Thompson had a long career in translation, interpreting, editing and publishing with
the United Nations and WHO in New York, Bangkok and Geneva before free-lancing in
France. Since his return to England he has published two collections of poetry: ‘Days of
Dark and Light’ (2021) and ‘Where The Love Is’ (2023), both with Hobnob Press.
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Norman, Sometimes I am a Turtle
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
Norman Maclean (1902-1990)
Norman, sometimes I must turn over rocks
to find the words hiding beneath their bulk:
sometimes the words are stuck to the bottom
and must be loosened with tears or sweat or blood,
shifting in illusions of logics the questions
that cannot be answered with language.
I read a book about rivers in the sky, eternal
compilations of water droplets into fog, rain,
quicksilver streams, oceans: the river
that runs through, washing clean floating words,
words curving inward, words climbing out of the earth
and twining around fences into shapes
resembling dragons seeking shadows in which to rest
and hide, or dragons splashing through swamps
where rocks press upon stifled hidden words.
Fire or ice; I think fire, but also water,
water where even a small brook,
peaceful in languid summer afternoons,
becomes a demon full of imprecations to rip away
the ground we stand on and the pitiful edifices
we call home. They are gone, more will be gone,
days numbered and countdown begun, button pressed,
slide into oblivion unstoppable, narrow hiding places
insufficient, shadows stopping sun: does the raindrop
slip into the ocean or does the raindrop open
to receive all the ocean?
Norman, sometimes I am a turtle
stretching out my neck, swimming
delicately, as turtles do, through swampy
water, seeking a solid log or bank
on which to rest and sun, seeking words
in water, sky – until a shadow falls
and I splash back into the deep.
Gurupreet K. Khalsa considers connections, space, time, cosmic flow, reality, illusion,
and possibility. Her poems have appeared in The Poet, New York Quarterly, and other
publications. Multiple poems have received awards.
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POETRY:
IN THE WORKS
Open-source philosophy of Vajrayana intent grows translucent.
Practice in no time centers on indivisibility and being in need.
The golden flower in atmospheric blinders gives away its fruit.
Sunken utilitarian questions lift with circulating global rainfall.
The more vivid the better for catching the conscience of the king.
So many who were once here had hoped to stay alive on Earth.
In carbon fiber of flicker feathers are numerous embattled ends.
Rooms of the small bungalow widen where night turns into day.
It’s possible to arrive, billing and cooing, in a Rothko painting.
Brackish whirlpool vexations have been formed in urchin spits.
Indefinite passing may be unwilling to undergo new pilgrimages.
High-spirited resistance glisters unseasonably without wavering.
Under the outskirts are decades of overflow sea-floor hypnotism.
Impossibly slow megalonychids are climbing 35 million years ago.
In no time this moment of penciled-in imperative will be replaced.
Doesn’t light reverberate as animal air reaches translucent cells?
Broken, whole, hard-boiled, hairy, this may be an Ernst painting.
Picked over by vultures, this may be what the collective’s learned.
Crowded hammers pounding in coliseums, crows stretching a wing,
right or wrong—however the place looks, isn’t all that lives kindred?
James Grabill’s poems have appeared widely in periodicals: Caliban, Harvard Review,
Terrain, & many others. His 16 books include Poem Rising Out of the Earth (Oregon Book
Award, 1995), and most recently Stray Dogs & Irreversible Cars (Atmosphere P, 2024).
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THE NEON REBEL (AUSTRALIA)
Bundjalung
Country
We acknowledge all First Peoples of the
beautiful lands on which we live and
celebrate their enduring knowledge and
connections to Country.
We honour the wisdom of and pay
respect to Elders past and present.
NAIDOC is the celebration and
acknowledgement of history, culture
and achievements of Aboriginal + Torres
Straight Islander Peoples.
NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders
Day Observance Committee) Week occurs
annually in the first week of July nationally
in Australia.
It’s a time for indigenous communities to
come together to celebrate heritage and
share culture with communities and wider
non indigenous Australia.
This year marks the milestone of 50 years
where we empower our young new leaders
coming through carrying the torch and the
legacy of our ancestors.
With so much conflict going on in the world,
where our indigenous blak communities
find solidarity with the struggles of other
colonised people, namely Palestinians
right now, NAIDOC aims to create strong
pathways for the indigenous voices leading
the way to a better world where freedom +
equality reign, through self determination,
vision, integrity and RESPECT.
Artist spotlight
Can we take a moment to highlight 3
incredibly talented strong voices leading
the charge right now?
EMMA DONOVAN ~ BLAK NATION
Emma is of Gumbaynggirr/Danggali
(Nambucca NSW) and Naaguja + Yamatji
(WA) heritage.
Emma’s style effortlessly blends soul
funk gospel, reggae + country and she
is renowned for her deep rich voice that
literally brings you to tears from its tone +
raw emotion.
Emma has released 5 studio albums from
her debut Changes in 2004 to 3 records
Dawn, Crossover + Under These Streets
with funk soul band The Putbacks. Her
latest album Til My Song Is Done (2024)
was nominated for 2 ARIA awards.
Emma was also a member of The Black
Arm Band, that performed iconic songs
of the Aboriginal Resistance Movement
… She also sings in traditional language
(her Mother’s tongue, Gumbaynggir)
which was featured on her EP Ngarraanga
(Remember), which was intended as a
tribute to The Stolen Generations.
Emma is just about to hit the stage with
her new live show, Take Me To The River,
a journey through the heart of soul, gospel
and rhythm & blues.
instagram.com/emmadonovan_music/

GLVES ~ TIME
EMILY WURRAMURRA ~ ADORE ME
Em is a Warninidlyakwa woman, a singer
songwriter multi instrumentalist who
blends a laid back pop folk style. She is
the first indigenous woman to win the
ARIA award 2024 for Best Contemporary
Album Nara, (having hit over 10million
streams.)
Em writes and sings in both English +
Anindilyakwa (traditional language by
people on Groote Eylandt + Bickerton
Island, Gulf Of Carpentaria in Northern
Territory).
She plays 6 instruments including piano
guitar + violin.
Emily has released 3 records her debut
EP Black Smoke, 2 full length albums
Milyakburra + Nara …
She is a festival favourite here in Australia
with her warm cruisey style + engaging
presence …
Her latest track Adore ME is heart full
dreamy pop to lift your spirits.
GLVES aka Michelle Levings is a Kaurareg,
Fijian Tongan woman, an Blaktronica altpop
artist that sets up dreamscapes +
layers of lush sounds and textures with
organic instrumentation + ethereal vocal
loops to create otherworldly vibes and
paths into the heart space.
Her track Heal Me was picked up by
Brisbane (Meanjin) Festival for their PR
campaign and she has received accolades
in her music video visual narrative work
winning best vid at Sydney’s Women’s
International Film Festival + currently
being nominated for best Music Video at
AFIN International Film Festival for her
song Time.
Her collabs with Arrowbird have found her
doing ads for famed Indigenous Bangarra
Dance Theatre.
instagram.com/glvesmusic/
instagram.com/emilywurramara_

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Simon Bang (born 27 November 1960) is
a Danish artist and filmmaker. He made
his debut at Den Frie as a painter in 1990.
He was sent as a draftsman for the Danish
Council for Humanities Research and
Danida to the Maldives. He was the curator
of an exhibition on Maldivian material
art at the Museum of Fine Arts. He has
carried out decoration projects and solo
exhibitions, including solo exhibitions
and group exhibitions at, among others,
Randers Kunstmuseum, Gallerie
Buchelhax, Nyborg Slot, Galleri Egelund,
Galleri Davis, Holmegaard Glasværk,
Kunstmix, New York, Stockholm, Prague,
Aarhus Kunsthal, Kirsten Kjærs Museum
and Johannes Larsen Museet, Galleri Clot,
Bramsen & Brunholt, Svendbor, Galleri
Moderne in Silkeborg.
SIMON
BANG
In his work with visual and film art, Bang
revolves around the recognizable world
of motifs and searches for the inner, the
dark and thus the reflection of the soul
and existence. Based on Danish, Nordic,
German and American painting, a search
for the double in the image is pursued.
Is there something else at stake in the
immediately recognizable? This theme is
a recurring theme in several exhibitions
and works.
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THE POETIC PHONOTHEQUE:
The Poetic Phonotheque is a registered
cultural nonprofit, serving as a living
archive. We are dedicated to preserving
and sharing contemporary poetry
through voice, film, and print. With over
700 recordings in multiple languages
from more than 40 countries, the Poetic
Phonotheque offers a vibrant platform
for interacting with poetic expressions
across borders, languages and media.
Through multimedia festivals and other
public events, workshops, publications,
and an ever-growing archive, the
Phonotheque fosters cross-cultural
dialogue and the representation of diverse
voices. This is a living, accessible space
where poetry meets community—locally
and globally.
The new identity of the Poetic
Phonotheque, designed by poet and
multimedia artist Daniel Malpikka, is
made to facilitate both the archiving and
browsing experience.
An accompanying brand new website hosts
the entire archive of the phonotheque
online at www.poeticphonotheque.com,
where now you can also learn about
possibilities for collaboration, hosting a
phonotheque headquarters in your region,
or becoming a poet ambassador and
representing the project amongst your
network, to help us document the voices
of your community.
Here are some stills from the website,
but please visit, and add your voice to the
collection!
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RED PRESS:
THE MACHINE – book release
LALO BARRUBIA
& LIVE PERFORMANCE by guest artist
LORENZO ABATTOIR
SEPTEMBER 26, 2025
event starts at 17
Join us for the release of the poetry book
THE MACHINE by Lalo Barrubia, who join
us from Uruguay for this book reception.
The machine is a visceral and poetic
descent into the layered textures of
a woman’s existence under capitalist
collapse. Written in hybrid form that
oscillates between fragmented narrative
and performative poetry, the book captures
the raw, corporeal dimensions of life on the
margins. It explores themes of migration,
systemic violence, environmental decay,
feminized resistanve and the absurdities
of bureaucratic and capitalist systems.
About the performance:
This is the Sixth act of the artist series of
performances, a continuation of his study
focused on breathing and amplification.
The previous act was recorded during a
residency at Sonoscopia in Porto (May 2025),
an attempt to reproduce the environmental
sounds of wind and ocean.
The consequent action aims to shift
the attention to aquatic creatures, their
relationship with humans and the type of
breathing which distinguishes them,
whether they are only in our imagination or
part of the real world.
This is a free event and all are welcome to join
us. Welcome drinks and refreshments will be
provided. Limited space due to the size of our
gallery, so please come on time!
Lalo Barrubia is an Uruguayan writer, poet, and performer based in Uruguay & Sweden. She
emerged in the Uruguayan literary scene in the 80s and has since published several books
of poetry, novels and short‐story collections. Known for her raw, powerful voice, she has
published multiple books of poetry and fiction, and her work has earned Uruguay’s National
Literature Award, among other recognitions.
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RED TRANSMISSIONS PODCAST:
What’s it like to grow up in a doomsday
cult, become one of its most influential
members, and then walk away... risking
everything you’ve ever known?
In this episode of Red Transmissions
Podcast, Sean Prophet—author of My
Cult Your Cult, podcast host, TV editor,
and former high-ranking member of
the Church Universal and Triumphant—
takes us inside the world of religious
indoctrination. Born into the church and
groomed for leadership, Prophet reveals
the shocking realities of life within this
high-control group, the difficult, lifechanging
decision to break free... and
what came afterwards.
Now an outspoken advocate for personal
freedom and critical thinking, Prophet
exposes how cults manipulate belief and
control their followers, offering a raw look
at how these systems of power infiltrate our
minds and shape society.
Follow on social media @sean.prophet
Find the Red Transmissions Podcast
in most podcast providers or visit
redtransmissions.libsyn.com
*Hosted by Madam Neverstop, the Red
Transmissions Podcast is an interview series
documenting the creators, activists and
cultural organizers in the Red Door network.
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THE GOOD LISTENING PROJECT:
In hospitals across the country, poetry is
making rounds. The Good Listening Project
(TGLP) is carving out space for something more
essential than clinical metrics alone: empathy,
meaning, and human connection. This 501(c)(3)
nonprofit is on a mission to change the culture of
healthcare through an unexpected yet powerful
combination—poetry and deep listening.
At its core, TGLP believes that storytelling,
when met with presence and care, can be
profoundly healing. Their team of Listener Poets
—writers trained in trauma-informed creative
practice— sit down with poemees: healthcare
workers, patients, and caregivers, to listen to
their lived experiences. These conversations
are then transformed into original poems that
capture each individual’s voice and journey.
Why now? The healthcare system is under
pressure. Burnout is rampant, and systemic
inequities continue to marginalize vulnerable
voices. TGLP offers a response rooted in the arts:
a model of care that acknowledges the emotional
labor of healthcare and uplifts the humanity of all
involved.
TGLP works with institutions across the country,
including major names like Johns Hopkins Sibley
Memorial Hospital, Inova Schar Cancer Institute,
Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Cedars-Sinai.
They bring their programming to doctors, nurses,
medical students, chaplains, and patients—
particularly those often unheard in traditional
settings.
And the impact doesn’t stop there. For those
who want to carry this practice into their own
communities, TGLP offers a Certified Listener
Poet (CLP) course. Open to writers, clinicians,
educators, and creatives, the program trains
participants to ethically listen and co-create
poetry from real conversations, building bridges
between art and care.
In a time when many are calling for a more
compassionate and inclusive healthcare system,
The Good Listening Project is answering with
something timeless: the power of poetry, the act
of listening, and the radical belief that every story
matters.
Learn more or get involved at goodlistening.org.
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Origin Story for Where Do the Children Play?
A teenage cancer survivor, this poemee shared how she
learned from the younger children she witnessed undergoing
the same treatment she was.
“You just see a difference in the way a child approaches it,”
she said. “They have the moment, they have the pain, they
have the shot, and then they just go back to playing. I always
took strength from the way little kids would handle it.”
by Listener Poet Gray Davidson Carroll
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OUR COMMUNITY:
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Since its founding in New York in 2009
and now based in Copenhagen, Red
Door Magazine has grown into a unique
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network of creatives—from Australia to
Latin America and Europe—Red Door
offers a free quarterly online magazine
alongside limited-edition printed issues.
It also produces art exhibitions, poetry in
translation, podcasts, and more.
Why support us on Patreon?
All Red Door’s publishing, gallery events,
and collaborative cultural projects—
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chapbooks, and public exhibitions—are
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Patronage starts at just USD 3 per month,
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Your Patreon contributions help cover:
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-By joining our Patreon, you receive
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-Early digital access to new issues, audio
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-Special edition prints or books
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-Occasional thank‐you gifts such as
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Join us in preserving independent
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CALLS TO ACTION!
Our seasonal open call for visual
and performing artists (sound,
film, multimedia, installation) is
now open for winter and spring.
Submit a complete proposal for
a show, including title, images, a
show description, and your artist
bio, including social media and other
links to check out your previous
work.
Red Door is a small, independent,
DIY gallery in Copenhagen, so
please visit our website to see the
space and consider the possibilities
before submitting. We do not
cover transportation expenses nor
have stipends for the shows, but
you get exhibition and desk space
throughout the duration of your
show, plus promotional support
through the gallery and magazine.
To all the poets, writers, and lovers of poetry in our network residing in (or planning to visit)
Copenhagen, please remember to save the date and join us for our bi-monthly series POETRY
TAKEOVER, at La Fee Verte, our favorite absinthe bar and gathering spot for all things poetic.
Sign-up is at the door, participation is free, and all languages are welcome. See you there!
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