THE VENTURES / WIPEOUT / JAPAN 1966 ~

 

THE RABBIT BETWEEN US ~

 

R E A D      M  E

ODETTA (1959) ~

Odetta’s work, Harry Belafonte, was tapped by Revlon in 1959 to do a prime-time live variety show 
 

PESSOA PESSOA PESSOA ~

[ LISTEN ] 

On of the great literary biographies

of recent times — even with

Ellmann's James Joyce and

nicely aligned in scope and

adventure with

Kenner's The Pound Era

Liveright, 2021

ANNOUNCING NEW JONATHAN GREENE FROM LONGHOUSE ~

 

Jonathan Greene

Letter from a Hermit

in the Eye of a Storm

Longhouse 

2022

many-colored

& limited

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HARLAN ELLISON ~

 

Spider Kiss

(2006 edition)

_______________

(original title)

1961

Think Elvis; Colonel Tom Parker

"the best novel ever written about rock 'n' roll."

Greil Marcus

THE DREAMS OF MABEL DODGE ~

 

R E A D      M E

JOY HARJO ~

 

Break My Heart

There are always flowers,

Love cries, or blood.

Someone is always leaving

By exile, death, or heartbreak.

The heart is a fist.

It pockets prayer or holds rage.

It's a timekeeper.

Music maker, or backstreet truth teller.

Baby, baby, baby

You can't say what's been said.

Before, though even words

Are creatures of habit.

You cannot force poetry

With a ruler, or jail it at a desk.

Mystery is blind, but wills you

To untie the cloth, in eternity.

Police with their guns

Cannot enter here to move us off our lands.

History will always find you, and wrap you

In its thousand arms.

Someone will lift from the earth

Without wings.

Another will fall from the sky

Through the knots of a tree.

Chaos is primordial.

All words have roots here.

You will never sleep again

Though you will never stop dreaming.

The end can only follow the beginning.

And it will zigzag through time, governments, and lovers.

Be who you are, even if it kills you.

It will. Over and over again.

Even as you live.

Break my heart, why don't you?

_____________________

Joy Harjo

An American Sunrise

Norton 2019

A SELF SUSTAINABLE FELLOW ~

 

JOURNEY INTO THE LAND OF THE ZEKS AND BACK ~

R E A D       M E

STANISLAW LEM ~

 

R E A D      M E

FRANK STOKES ~

 

HYPNOS (THE LEAVES), RENE CHAR ~

 

Although the translator wishes to be

a bit snippy about previous translations

of the Rene Char masterpiece — ignore him

and seek them out — likewise take this

new edition in hand and read it with

the same gusto & courage

of the poet

_____________________________

237

In the darkness of our lives, there is not one place

for Beauty. The whole place is for Beauty.

Rene Char, 

Hypnos

1946

CONCRETE POETRY ~

 

______________________________________________

The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree —

Nancy Perloff (daughter of Marjorie Perloff)

has edited an exceptional and dutifully global

appreciation of this diverse art form 

with an expert introduction by Perloff, along with

marvelous showcases by Augusto de Campos,

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Eugen Gomringer,

and now Susan Howe has entered the 

lexicon along with Dieter Roth and

many other naturals. 

Too bad Aram Saroyan wasn't included — 

the anthology is

missing that extra touch of play —

beautifully designed and with

fine detail on each biography.

The international breath

is the ticket.

{ BA }

eyeye

ARAM SAROYAN

THE MYSTICAL ROOTS ~

 

R E A D      M E

SKIP JAMES ~

 

MICHAEL DALEY ~

 

From what I have read of

Michael Daley's work

I believe

Romance With the Unexpected

may be his best

— it sustains 

______________________________

empty bowl

2022

CHARLES ADDAMS ~

 

C H A R L E S     A D D A M S

Turner 2006 / 2021

SAM LAY, DRUMMER WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE ~

 

S A M     L A Y

Bob Dylan rehearsing for his performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival with, from left, Mike Bloomfield, Sam Lay, Jerome Arnold and Al Kooper.Credit...David Gahr/Getty Images

WAYNE RANEY ~