Nine Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Enslin, Theodore Nine I bought this at Talking Leaves...Books in 2004 after returning from the Poetry of the 40's Conference in Orono, Maine. Ted Enslin was one of the featured poets of the conference, being of the generation that began writing in the 40's and also being a resident of the state of Maine. I recall that on the first night of the conference...
The Center for the Humanities invites you to celebrate the publication of The Amiri Baraka/Edward Dorn Correspondence; The Kenneth Koch/Frank O’Hara Letters: Selections; Muriel Rukeyser: Darwin & the Writers; Philip Whalen’s Journals: Selections: Robert Creeley: Contexts of Poetry, with selections from Daphne Marlatt’s Journals. These comprise the inaugural chapbook series in...
She was the youngest winner ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and the first one born in the 20 th century. Just 24, it wasn’t even her first book, coming seven years after The House of Silk. He was older and more established, holding the post that is now called Poet Laureate of the United States. Not only were they husband & wife, but she was also the great-great granddaughter of Percy...
I was going thru my archives today and came across this old essay of mine, which I wrote about nine years ago in grad school and which won me the Wynne Francis Prize for best essay on Canadian Poetry (there were two applicants and it was declared a tie). Since, you know, I haven't been talking enough about poetry lately, I thought I'd post it here. Not sure how well the formatting will translate, but...
A recent post on Steven Fama's very excellent blog the glade of theoric ornithic hermetica discusses two 'translations' of Robert Creeley's iconic I KNOW A MAN one by Rachel Loden and the other by Douglas Rothschild. They are both translations or altered versions, using the Creeley original as a meme both in terms of structure as as well as a cultural artefact. The comments stream, with posts by both...
Robert Creeley in the outfield. By Fernando Perez Poetry Media Service I write from Caracas, the murder capital of the world, where I’ve been employed by the Leones to score runs and prevent balls from falling in the outfield. At the ankles of the Ávila Mountain amongst a patch of dusky high-rises, the [...]
Fictive Certainties Originally uploaded by Michael_Kelleher Duncan, Robert Fictive Certainties I think I bought this at Talking Leaves after having met with Robert Creeley. We were talking about some aspect of my poetry and he pulled this book out of his blue plastic suitcase and said something like, "Well, as dear old Robert Duncan said..." and began reading from the essay, "The Truth...
Trees FallingOn WordsThe Robert Creeley ConferenceTravelogue of the InteriorBuffalo and EnvironsOctober 13-14, 2006.Account written January 8-9, 2007, during the rains of winter, amidst some small home improvements and repairs.The lamp has been taken apart, I find there's an armature that's burnt out. This won't take much, a dollar or two at the hardware store.Charles Bernstein kicked things off
I’ve always suspected that Devin Johnston must be one of those poets whom readers either love or hate. He has a very distinct personality & is quite clear about his goals in writing. Either you buy it or you don’t. Somehow, though, I always find myself in the middle, never fully certain just how much I love his work or feel frustrated by it. This I think might be because you can read...
Suppose you publish a small book of poems with a legendary small press publisher, say, Jonathan Williams 's Jargon Press. Suppose further that W.C. Williams writes the preface, and Alberto Moravia the introduction. Suppose that the cover art is a collage by Pop Art/mail and collage artist Ray Johnson , and the title page has a collage by Jean-Jacques Lebel , whose father was a friend of Duchamp's....
Our featured poet Tom Corrado entertained with his stand-up base as the poets gathered, then I envoked the muse, tonight Robert Creeley. Bob Sharkey began with a piece on the late David Foster Wallace, "Doing His Highness." Larry Rapant was a "flash poet" with his very short "My Kind of Wine." Marilyn Day pondered finding her collection of poems at the Barnes & Nobles...
for the update on Penguin Cafe Orchestra and its ongoing new manifestation. Napoleon Dynamite was on the other afternoon (I can never resist) and at the end, there it was again. One of the PCO classic tunes, I mean. Surely a rather naive performance of it, but it suited the beautiful moment in the film when these naively innocent people all triump through flukes of confidence. Apropos of nothing Dept.:...
U.S. Poets in Mexico Second Annual Event in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico -- January 2-9, 2010 In January 2010, U.S. Poets in Mexico will be returning to Mérida for our second annual event. U.S. Poets in Mexico invites contemporary American and Mexican poets to Mérida every year for one week of poetry workshops, readings, Spanish lessons and day trips. Faculty members will be notable...
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