Category: 20th century poetry
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Ko Un
_____ Born in 1933, Ko Un is a former Zen monk, a former prisoner, and a poet. Here we sample from, his web site: Ko Un There, on the page called “Ko Un on Ko Un“, he writes: For instance, who today would contradict someone who insists […]
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A Conversation on Experimental Fiction and Now Poetry
_____ The argumentative aspect of a conversation on experimental fiction and now poetry, began with Scott Esposito’s posting the following in his blog, about an article John Freeman wrote: Stunning lack of experimentation in American fiction in the past 20 years? John, you’ve been reading The New York Times too much, amigo. Below […]
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Billy Collins: An Evening with the former U.S. Poet Laureate
________ Below is the original post made at Bud Bloom poetry, when it was possible to link to Billy Collins’ evening at UC Santa Barbara on September 15, 2003. In its stead, click on his picture to go to the Online Newshour show of Elizabeth Farnsworth’s December 10, 2001 interview of Billy Collins, in […]
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Jack Kerouac, the 20th Century’s Greatest Poet: One Hour of Video
________ The original Bud Bloom post contained video that is now unavailable online. Here, we begin instead with the video “Lowell Blues”, a film by Henry Ferrini. Here is a quote from the Ferrini Productions site: “Lowell Blues is a 30 minute Film Poem fusing language, music and image to explore Jack Kerouac’s childhood […]
Clattery MacHinery on Poetry 