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Vow
to Poetry
ANNE
WALDMAN
"On the map from
east to west and across the scale from treble to bass,
Anne Waldman is possessed with a passion to witness,
to understand, and to describe. . . . Vow
to Poetry is a vow to life -enlightening,
challenging, and crucial to the American tradition."
- Lisa Jarnot
"From St. Mark's
in the early sixties, to her stewardship of Naropa to
her world-wide travels, Anne Waldman has shown herself
to be one of the key players on the U. S. poetry scene.
Her energy, her total commitment to her art, and her
cultural work are a wonder to behold. Anyone
who wants to understand how poetry and poetics have
evolved over the past four decades, must read this new
collection of essays, interviews, and critical prose.
Wherever it happened, Anne was there." - Marjorie
Perloff
Vow to Poetry
is a trumpet call from our most iconoclastic poet that
tears down the walls of prescribed creative processes.
Some books are so forward-thinking that we don’t know
how essential they are until they arrive. This stimulating
mix of autobiography, interviews, essays on poetics,
Buddhism, Naropa University, politics, and more, reveals
a life dedicated to the imperatives of experimental
poetry and cultural activism. You’ve seen the "safe"
versions, now comes this unconventional, irreverent,
transgressive volume. This is more than a "how
to write" book- it is a "how to live the life
of poetry" book. Waldman says, "I’ve always
been on the track of a wizened hag’s voice, the tough
tongue of the crone free of vanity and conditioning.
She’s terrifying, liberating at the same instant."
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