Vow to Poetry by Anne Waldman
A trumpet call from our most iconoclastic poet that tears down the walls of prescribed creative processes.Vow to Poetry is a clarion call from one of our most dynamic and iconoclastic poets that tears down the walls of prescribed creative processes. This stirring assemblage of autobiography, interviews, essays on politics, poetics, Buddhism, and Naropa University lays bare a life dedicated to the imperatives of experimental poetry and cultural activism. This is much more than a "how to write" book--it is a "how to live the life of poetry" book. Like a radical instruction manual, this collection plaits together many of Waldman's most powerfully felt and deeply examined experiences to wake and dare its readers to make the ultimate commitment to one's life and art.
Anne Waldman is a poet, lecturer, performer, and cultural activist who has published over 40 books of poetry and poetics, the most recent of which is Manatee/Humanity, as well as the anthology Beats at Naropa, which she co-edited with Laura Wright. She's spoken at conferences and festivals in Beijing, Berlin, Vienna, Nicaragua, and Prague, and she's taught practicums at the Zen Mountain Monastery and Naropa University recently. For a number of video/movie productions, she collaborates with writer/director Ed Bowes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781566891127 |
| ISBN 10 | 1566891124 |
| Title | Vow to Poetry |
| Author | Anne Waldman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Coffee House Press |
| Year published | 2001-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 377 |
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