Tag Archives: Poetry Society

The Poet Interviews A Novelist, Part I

In which the indefatigable Carl Wendt, not quite Charles Baudelaire, not quite Charles Bukowski, poet for all seasons, master flaneur, and last of the poètes maudits, interviews a shooting star novelist at the behest of his agent, Nora White, and … Continue reading

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Black Bart Quarterly Review Of Books II-1

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Tom Raworth and the Tale of No Ordinary O

Tom Raworth and the Tale of No Ordinary O Alastair Johnston Tom Raworth (1938–2017) was a major figure in the British poetry revival of the 1960s. Charles Olson praised his first book The Relation Ship as “preternaturally wise.” Ted Berrigan … Continue reading

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Journal of a Plague Year And A Half

Pat Nolan Andrei Codrescu & Vincent Katz, A Possible Epic Of Care, Black Widow Press, 2023 A Possible Epic Of Care is a pandemic prompted project that began at its onset in early 2020 and concluded in July of the … Continue reading

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Black Bart Quarterly Review Of Books I-4

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—Special Collections Gallery—

Eric Johnson & Iota Press/North Bay Letterpress Arts The spirit of play and chance has always been a part of the esthetic Eric Johnson brought to his appreciation of the creative in letterpress printing. In 2002 Eric Johnson retired as … Continue reading

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“Poesy’s ravening violet flames”:  Whalen in Ekstasis, Part I

by Bruce Holsapple  1. Elevated States Just beyond two minutes into his NET interview for the film series USA: Poetry, a relatively trim, focused Phil Whalen responds to an off-camera question, likely about how he began writing poetry. Whalen was … Continue reading

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Black Bart Quarterly Review Of Books I-3

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The Poet’s Woman Troubles

Not quite Charles Baudelaire, not quite Charles Bukowski, full-time flaneur and poet-about-town Carl Wendt reflects on the many missteps he had made in his relationships. In some way or other has always managed to fail, to disappoint, the women in … Continue reading

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Black Bart Quarterly Review Of Books I-2

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