Wallace Stevens wrote the “poetry is the search for the inexplicable.” Participants will discuss the last poems, trying to attend to their great mystery and great beauty.
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May 14, 1994
May 21, 1994, June 04, 1994
The poet’s vexed and persistent hunt through picture and sound-sign for directness and clarity and suggestiveness. Presentations and discussion.
The poet’s vexed and persistent hunt through picture and sound-sign for directness and clarity and suggestiveness. Presentations and discussion.
October 18, 1994
Participants will examine classic and contemporary poems in which the poet has dealt with important scientific and philosophical/social ideas of the time.
October 19, 1994
Participants will examine classic and contemporary poems in which the poet has dealt with important scientific and philosophical/social ideas of the time.
March 23, 1995
Landscapes, cityscapes, and mindscapes of American Poetry since the 1950’s will be seen in relation to the Black Mountain poets, the Beats, San Francisco poets, New York School, and Ethnopoetics, a
March 25, 1995
Landscapes, cityscapes, and mindscapes of American Poetry since the 1950’s will be seen in relation to the Black Mountain poets, the Beats, San Francisco poets, New York School, and Ethnopoetics, a
April 27, 1995
Escort students to feast at the buffet of sounds, images, and feelings and they will be encouraged to come back for seconds.
April 29, 1995
Programs of 1950’s as well as contemporary collaborations will be heard and discussed, including the work of Langston Hughes with Charlie Parker, and Amiri Baraka and Jayne Cortez with their bands.
May 06, 1995, May 13, 1995
A seminar-workshop surveying the history of poems connected with art and including a discussion of participants’ own work on the subject (gallery trip will be suggested).