Monday, October 30, 2006

gina myers is impatiently waiting for a biography of james schuyler. me too. jimmy s. is simply one of my favorite poets.

for me poetry and life are coequals, therefore the life of the poet matters a great deal. other poet biographies i'm waiting for are as follows:

thom gunn

james wright

richard hugo

d.a. levy

a decent robert creeley (the previous one was simply too nasty; i stopped reading it midway thru)

john weiners

hannah weiner

john forbes

ted berrigan

a list right off the top of my head. particularly levy and berrigan who are long overdue, and thom gunn who is another all-time favorite of mine.

3 Comments:

At 1:21 PM, Blogger Alex Gildzen said...

until there's a levy bio check out the documentary "if i scratch, if i write."

 
At 12:50 PM, Blogger gina said...

this is a good list--I'd definitely be interested in reading a number of these!

 
At 12:47 PM, Blogger michaelf said...

im keen to read an ashbery one, why shd we he wait till he dies? ive read many american poet bios, but my favourite bios are - still - ellmann's wilde & brophy's firbank. they got into my life .. but not in a newagey recognition sense .. im curious about prynne & raworth too .. jarnots duncan is on the way? i wonder if it satisfies bio interest in jess? oh i cant wait for all the 'language' bios! s howe, bernstein in particular .. get writing someone .. locally, the ern malley 'bio' is fascinating, & yes a forbes one wd be greatly appreciated .. im interested in putting together a book of mini bios -say 12 in 1 book - tho i guess id sway to the critical rather than bio side .. i cant help feeing theres someone major (to me) i shd be mentioning .. (saw a melville bio in the library y'day that looked great ..) ian hamilton finlay.

 

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