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March 27, 2004, Review of Michael Rothenberg’s “Unhurried Vision”
Unhurried Vision Michael Rothenberg La Alameda Press 188880940X 160 pages Paperback $16.00 One of the aphorisms sprinkled throughout Michael Rothenberg’s “Unhurried Vision,” is one from Goethe’s “Conversation with Eckermann,” chosen to introduce a long catalog of Philip Whalen’s collected notebooks—each precisely dated. “And be sure you put to each poem the date at which you… Continue Reading »
“The Mysterious in the Photographs of Diane Arbus” January 4, 2004
The Mysterious in the Photographs of Diane Arbus This is my answer to a friend’s question about what I thought the “mysterious” was in Diane Arbus’s photographs, referred to in that day’s “New York Times” review. First of all, I haven’t seen the exhibit, and probably only 40-50 Arbus photographs in my life, and most… Continue Reading »
The Amsterdam Notebook
December 16-31, 2003 50 Copies. Published on the occasion of the author’s 50th birthday Continue Reading »
An Alternate History of Jimi Hendrix
February 2004 Published by Laocoon Press in a limited edition of 12 copies as Part IV of “The Amsterdam Notebook” including a 6CD set, and given away to friends and others on the occasion of the author’s 50th birthday. 18 Pages, 12 Copies Continue Reading »
Script for the Film “Jean Cocteau: The First Half 1889-1929” that opened Hofstra University’s Jean Cocteau Festival 2003
One summer evening in 1912, Jean Cocteau, Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev, and the brilliant but about to go insane dancer Nijinsky were walking home after dinner. By this point, Cocteau had already accomplished quite a lot for a 21-year-old. He had published three collections of poetry, and had designed the posters for the Ballet… Continue Reading »
Lit II: From William Wordsworth to Seamus Heaney
Published April 21, 2003 30 pages, 50 copies Given away for free to friends and others at a memorial reading for Richard Wilmarth, Penny Lane, Boulder Continue Reading »
LIT I: From Beowulf to William Cowper
Published January 17, 2003 54 pages, 24 copies Continue Reading »
Shaman: The Shaman Narrative Poems
Published December 25, 2002 26 pages, 24 copies Continue Reading »
Elegies: Parts I & II
Published December 25, 2002 38 pages, 24 copies Continue Reading »
The S.F. Notebooks
Published December 25, 2002 49 pages, 24 copies Continue Reading »