Posts tagged "Norman Fischer"

Norman Fischer – from “Hereafter” – 3/17/10

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Introductions for Norman Fischer & Rae Armantrout – 3/17/10

Norman Fischer is a zen priest. He is a former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, and the founder and teacher for the Everyday Zen Foundation His zen comrade and poetic daddy, Philip Whalen, compared his work to “a Baccarat crystal paperweight, a smooth clear ball of glass containing intricate designs in many brilliant [...]

Rae Armantrout & Norman Fischer

[ Wednesday, March 17, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday
Rae Armantrout was a National Book Awards finalist for her most recent book, Versed, published by Wesleyan in 2009. Next Life (Wesleyan, 2007), was chosen as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2007 by The New York Times. Other recent books include Collected Prose (Singing Horse, 2007), Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2004), The Pretext [...]