I wrote last week about Outsiders and Beats. This week, Ron Silliman posted a list of styles that fall under the list of post-avant. In his defining, he includes the Beats in his long list of p-a card-carrying members. I was surprised by this, and I think it’s ludricous. According to Wikipedia, “Central elements of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘post-avant’
February 21, 2009
Shanxing Wang, Updike, and Whitman
I recently purchased Mad Science in Imperial City by Shanxing Wang. An interesting interview that helps explain some things in the collection is here. (Thanks, Joe for the links and suggestion!) I am currently working on putting together my capstone project exploring the behavior of light. Wang’s work of poems and prose definitely pushes the [...]
January 16, 2009
Whitman and the Post-Avant
In Ron Silliman’s explanation of how to teach poetry, he made a comment about Whitman and the P-A movement:
Anyone – anyone! – who argues that either Dickinson or Whitman leads you to the School of Quietude (tho they won’t call it that) is a fraud. Tho it is worth noting that Dickinson & Whitman will [...]
January 8, 2009
Schools of Thought and Mine
Joseph Hutchison posted a blog about theory versus experience. There’s actually quite a debate going on between all these different poets/voices/schools. Each is passionate and right (just ask them!). This blog probably has the best collection of links if you’re interested in the exchange. You can see my muddled thoughts in the comment stream of [...]
