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Pierre Joris' Meanderings & mawqifs of poetry, poetics, translations y mas. Travelogue too.

Tagged: Charles Olson

Poet / Uncategorized

Charles Olson @ 100

tesserae commissure [written Jan 19th 1962; one of my very favorite Olson poems [audio:https://pierrejoris.com/blog/audio/OlsonTesserae.mp3] from Olson’s reading at Goddard College, transcript here: ” tesserae commissure UV: What is “tesserae”? CO: Yea. The little pieces...

Philosophy / Poetry

Deleuze on Whitehead & Leibniz

As I am reading through a range of Charles Olson’s writing in this, his centenary year, his favorite philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead, of course has been coming to mind again — although I haven’t...

Obituaries / Poet

Olson’s Tombstone Blues

An email in my inbox this rainy morning led me to the site with the following press release. Thought I’d pass it on: For Immediate Release                                                   Dead Poets Society of America Contact Walter Skold: ...

Performance / Poetry readings

Ed Sanders sings Charles Olson

Here is an extract of the closing concert at the Worcester Charles Olson conference: Ed Sanders reads & sings his music’in of Olson’s Maximus from Dogtown I. Ed Sanders reads/sings Charles Olson’ “Maximus from...

Intellectuals / Literature / Poetry

Olson Conference in Worcester

Saturday March 27: Dana Commons, Clark University Registration and Morning Reception 9:00 AM Presentation: 9:30 – 10:45 Charles Olson Society of Gloucester presents: Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place w/...

Film

Henry Ferrini's POLIS IS THIS

Polis is This wrestles with the six foot eight inch 275lb colossus of poetry. Charles Olson, in the squared circle of understanding. Through never before seen footage and interviews actor John Malkovich leads an...