Videos from 2017 Poetry Project Marathon: Yau, Peyrafitte, Warsh, Waldman, Mekas, Moore, Joris, Morris
All videos by Pierre Joris — except the Pierre Joris one, which is by Nicole Peyrafitte .
Ballard, Edwards, Peyrafitte & Waldman
Last full day at the University for this semester, thus little or no time for the blog today. But do go and check out Ken Edwards’ lovely & thoughtful piece on J.G. Ballard as a central figure of a “lost avant-garde” on Ken’s Reality Street blog — here. Nicole Peyrafitte also has a lovely busy entry documenting her busy week — here. And, finally, before disappearing into doctoral dissertations … Read more Ballard, Edwards, Peyrafitte & Waldman
Anne Waldman's "Gaza" Poem
Here is a video of Anne Waldman reading at the University at Albany on Thursday, April 30. Unhappily the opening 5 seconds or so were chopped off.
Anne Waldman in Albany
The New York State Writers Institute Presents ANNE WALDMAN April 30 (Thursday) Q&A-4:15 PM, Assembly Hall, Campus Center, Uptown Campus Reading – 7:30 PM [NOTE EARLY START TIME], Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Uptown Campus. Anne Waldman, pioneering performance artist, political activist, ardent devotee of Tibetan Buddhism, and author of more than forty books of poetry, is often called “the youngest poet of the Beat generation.” Her latest poetry … Read more Anne Waldman in Albany