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Originally Posted by racehorse
ron silliman??
yes!
wow, first time i've ever seen a mention of him on this forum!
buzzo should check out people like berrigan (the easy stuff, the sonnets are amazing but maybe not buzzos cuppa tea), frank o'hara, john ashberry etc etc. they are an introduction to a "modenist" mentality in poetics tho that still remain basically undifficult (clear images, narrative structure, poet is there in presence, long lines). i don't know whether buzzo wants to jump straight into silliman or other post-avants right away (or maybe he could just read his blog!). anyway - ashberry, shuyler, berrigan, o'hara tho it's only one route to go down, there are countless others....
if you're feeling saucy you could check out creeley, olson and zukofsky.
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Good list of a bunch of people I've never heard of. I came across Silliman randomly. I was sitting in one of the computer labs at my school and looked over and saw this critical essay titled "Aesthetics of Poetry: A Manifesto" or something like that and he was listed as one of the authors. I checked out the Chinese Notebook (which is available online somewhere) and I thought it was great. I know very little about him or his significance. You should educate the class or lead us to a place where we could conduct our own research...
thought his shit ruled though. First line reading "Wayward, we weigh words" or something like that. Yes! haha