Now There's a Morning, Hulk of the Sky

Now There's a Morning, Hulk of the Sky PDF Author: Larry Eigner
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Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Letters to Jargon

Letters to Jargon PDF Author: Andrew Rippeon
Publisher: Modern & Contemporary Poetics
ISBN: 0817359346
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
Gathers some of the most intimate, personal writing on life and the art of poetry by a crucial figure in late twentieth-century American letters Celebrated by both the Black Mountain poets in the 1950s and 1960s and the Language poets in the 1970s and 1980s, Larry Eigner's poems occupy an important place in American poetry and poetics, and his reputation and legacy grow seemingly stronger with each passing year. Letters to Jargon collects all of the known correspondence between Larry Eigner and Jonathan Williams, the influential publisher of Jargon Society Press and himself a poet. Eigner's correspondence with Williams began in the early 1950s, as the two were in conversation over the manuscript of On My Eyes, published by Jargon in 1960. Their correspondence continued for many years thereafter, extending into the period when Eigner's work started to gain recognition from the nascent movement that would become known as "Language" writing. The letters are quite broad in their range of reference and provide a fuller context for Eigner's poetry and thinking. Eigner and Williams discuss their own poetic practices, including the source material for specific poems, general writing practices, and small press and little magazine publication. This volume offers considerable insight into their shared literary communities as Eigner reports on his readings in contemporary poetry and poetics, as well as his correspondence and contact with other poets including Charles Olson, Vincent Ferrini, Robert Duncan, Denise Levertov, Robert Grenier, and Barrett Watten. Also recorded are Eigner's reactions to current events and explications of his own poems, including the contexts for appropriated lines and distinctions of character spacing. Eigner also shares with Williams details of his home life, his financial difficulties and the daily challenges of his cerebral palsy. Finally, the book features a series of images of the original letters, enabling readers to see Eigner's specific material-textual practices.

Contemporary American Poetry

Contemporary American Poetry PDF Author: Lloyd M. Davis
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810818293
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Lists over 5,200 titles of books published by American poets between 1973 and 1983.

Calligraphy Typewriters

Calligraphy Typewriters PDF Author: Larry Eigner
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817358749
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
The first and only single-volume collection of Larry Eigner’s most significant poems, gathering in one place the most celebrated of the several thousand poems that constitute his remarkable life’s work Larry Eigner began writing poetry at age eight and was first published at age nine. Revered by poets and artists across a broad spectrum of generations and schools, Eigner’s remarkably moving poetry was created through enormous effort: because of severe physical disabilities, he produced his texts by typing with only one index finger and thumb on a 1940 Royal manual typewriter, creating a body of work that is unparalleled in its originality. Calligraphy Typewriters showcases the most celebrated of Eigner's several thousand poems, which are an important part of the Black Mountain/Projectivist movement that began in the 1950s and which remain a primary inspiration for many younger writers, including those in the Language movement that began in the 1970s. In its two sections—Swampscott and Berkeley, named for the two locales where Eigner lived and worked—the volume traces his fantastic perception of the ordinary and his zeal for language. Eigner’s use of visual space, metaphor, and description provide fascinating insights into both his own life and the world that surrounded him. This volume maintains the distinctive visual spacing of his original typescripts, reminders of his method, aesthetic sensibility, and creative ability to compose on the typewriter. A collection that reimagines the ordinary, Calligraphy Typewriters is the definitive selection of Eigner’s poems, and will serve well not only poets and students of poetry, but readers and writers of every vein.

From the Other Side of the Century

From the Other Side of the Century PDF Author: Douglas Messerli
Publisher: Los Angeles : Sun & Moon Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1144

Book Description
Since 1970, many readers have waited for another anthology that incorporates poets writing after Donald Allen's 1960 The New American Poetry. Organized into somewhat arbitrary and non-rigid categories, these selections present poetry that has reshaped our language, culture, and thought for the past 30 years.

Larry Eigner

Larry Eigner PDF Author: Irving P. Leif
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Based on the author's own collection and some eleven years of research, the book details all of the poet's books, book contributions, periodical appearances, translations, and recorded media. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Contemporary Poets

Contemporary Poets PDF Author: Thomas Riggs
Publisher: Detroit, MI : St. James Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1368

Book Description
This reference work combines bibliographical, biographical and critical information on 900 living poets writing in the English language. Entries are arranged alphabetically, and this edition includes 120 new entrants, including Wendy Cope, Benjamin Zephaniah and Rachel McAlpine.

Larry Eigner Remembered

Larry Eigner Remembered PDF Author:
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Category : Poets, American
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Windows/walls/yard/ways

Windows/walls/yard/ways PDF Author: Larry Eigner
Publisher:
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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American Poets Since World War II.

American Poets Since World War II. PDF Author: Joseph Mark Conte
Publisher: Detroit, MI : Gale Research
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 488

Book Description
Bibliographical, biographical, and evaluative commentary of contemporary American poets who published since 1945.