“Bob Cobbing was born in 1920 in Enfield Middlesex England. Beginning 1942 with his first monotypes (done with typewriter and/or duplicator machines) thru various explorations & exhibitions as a painter, his initial sound poems in 1954, & later, his involvement with the WRITER’S FORUM GROUP & WOUP, he has emerged as probably the most universally respected phonetic & sound poet in the world. He has been a seminal influence on the English small press scene with his Writer’s Forum Publications & his workshops at the National Poetry Centre in London. He has published a wide range of British, European, American & Canadian writers.’ -Sten Hanson”