In honor of the Roussel post today, I decided to cook some French onion soup for my wife's birthday. So here I am stirring up some soup, when the Clash's London Calling comes on my Pandora. Culture clash, what to do?? As a previous post proves, when I think food I think of Lee Harwood the editor. So I ran to my bookshelf and pulled down Night Scene Dada from London 1963, edited by Harwood and dedicated to Tristan Tzara. I turn to the first page and read Harwood translation of Tzara's "The Almost Perfect Man - An Extract," which opens "Who will free us from the encumbrance of possessions and flesh." Then I read the second poem "Way" and with Harwood translating Tzara I can hope that at least one "road that separates us," the cultural divide inspired by the Clash, has been bridged, but here I am being so fleshy, stuffing my gullet with bread and cheese.
Then I see on the title page that I happen to have the copy of legendary Scottish poet Edwin Morgan and things get a little more concrete but still with the flavor of haggis.
JB
MIMEO MIMEO #6: THE POETRY ISSUE is devoted to new work by eight poets who have consistently composed quality writing that has influenced and inspired generations since the golden era of the mimeo revolution. Contributors include Bill Berkson, John Godfrey, Ted Greenwald, Joanne Kyger, Kit Robinson, Rosmarie Waldrop, Lewis Warsh, and Geoffrey Young. Cover art by George Schneeman.
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MIMEO MIMEO #3: THE DANNY SNELSON ISSUE examines the relationship between structuralism and the poetries of the mimeo era by presenting a detailed analysis of Form (a Cambridge-UK magazine published in 1966) and Alcheringa (a journal published by Boston University in 1975), two exemplary gatherings that illuminate the historical, material and social circumstances under which theory informed art (and vice versa) in the early works of some of today's most celebrated experimental writers. Also includes a special insert, The Infernal Method, written, designed and printed by Aaron Cohick (NewLights Press).
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MIMEO MIMEO #2: features Emily McVarish on her artist's book Flicker; James Maynard on poet Robert Duncan's early experiences as an editor and typesetter; Derek Beaulieu on the relationship between the influential Canadian poetry journal Tish and Black Mountain College; and an extensive interview with Australian poet and typographer Alan Loney conducted by Kyle Schlesinger. Cover is by Emily McVarish.
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MIMEO MIMEO #1: features Christopher Harter on Midwest mimeo; Jed Birmingham on British poet and critic Jeff Nuttall's My Own Mag; an extensive interview with acclaimed printer, bibliographer and critic Alastair Johnston of Poltroon Press, and poems by Stephen Vincent inspired by Jack Spicer. Cover is by Alastair Johnston.
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