Posts tagged "Clayton Eshleman"
Reading For Aimé Césaire’s Soleil Cou Coupé/Solar Throat Slashed
[ Wednesday, October 19, 2011; 8:00 pm; ] Césaire (1913–2008), published Soleil cou coupé (Solar Throat Slahsed), a collection of 72 French surrealist poems imbibed with representations of Africa as a mythical homeland, in 1948. His work advanced a deeper understanding of the black diaspora and the colonized condition of Caribbean people. Wesleyan University Press recently issued the only bilingual edition of this [...]
Clayton Eshleman and Robert Kelly
Clayton Eshleman and Robert Kelly read to a packed room March 18, 2009. We hope you enjoy these video excerpts from each poet. Thanks to Louis Abelman, Will Creeley and Ethan Mitchell for making them available.
http://www.vimeo.com/5747711 http://www.vimeo.com/6281241
Introductions for Clayton Eshleman & Robert Kelly – 18 March 09
It’s a real pleasure for us to be able to present these two poets, these two old friends together here at the church tonight. When I asked Robert his permission to be videotaped this evening I added that Louis, our videographer, would be discreet. Robert replied “When was St. Marx ever discreet?” So it is [...]
