On behalf of the Friends of Basil King I’ve been researching the covers Basil King has done for poetry books, since 1959. Here is 2013. Burt Kimmelman’s book, Gradually the World, is not yet officially released – there will be a book … Read More
Why? Why? It’s always about choice unless it’s about obedience to a command, but that simply shifts the origin of the question over to another person. Why is this image chosen? Those three birds? The broken barrel (is it?)? … Read More
Eileen Myles, along with Robert Dewhurst and the people at Leo Koenig Gallery, presented “A Recognition” for David Rattray at the Koenig Gallery and the Poetry Project. On the 20th anniversary of David’s death (at age 57). An occasion to … Read More
Looking for complementary photos for my chapbook “Seventy Years Ago in the South” – to come soon in Michael Rothenberg’s wonderful BIG BRIDGE online – I found that ole Google has the entire archive of Life magazines on line, free. … Read More
He used to be in my grandmother Aggie’s dining room. He sat in the dark on a heavy mahogany sideboard. There was enough light for me to see holes that lead inside. They frightened me, or he did. He was … Read More
Basil is looking for the Green Man across the globe…being of the opinion that our interfaces with nature are irritants across many cultures. Irritants that make oysters create pearls. Irritants that are never solved. Being of the opinion that no … Read More
Basil’s diptych “A Predella for the Green Man” (mixed media on two canvas panels, together measuring 42 inches high by 12 feet long) is complete. Process and progress from July 2012 to January 2013 was documented in photos by Sanjay … Read More
The other Martha King died more than a year ago. But because she was a skilled and frequently published translator and editor of writings by Italian women, she will continue to be the “other Martha King.” Information about her books … Read More