Very pleased to announce a review by Mike Foldes – online in the current issue of RAGAZINE https://www.ragazine.cc/2019/01/outside-inside-book-review/ For many years when I was of high school age I wondered what it would be like to go to Black Mountain … Read More
I am delighted to announce the publication of Outside / Inside: Just outside the art world’s inside, my memoir published by BlazeVOX Books. The book can be ordered now on the BlazeVOX website, or on Amazon, or by pestering your favorite local bookshop. … Read More
To celebrate the legacy of Black Mountain College, the Turchin Center for Visual Arts at Appalachian State University has mounted a show called “Creative Democracy.” It’ll be on view until June 2, 2018. (See previous post, “Basil King in new … Read More
The online magazine Talisman has just posted issue #46 with a substantial section of critical responses to Basil King’s art and poetry…which a number of the commentators have so rightly considered together. Go www.talismanmag.net to read and … Read More
Creative Democracy: The Legacy of Black Mountain College – Art and artifacts by people who were students at the now legendary North Carolina art school (1933-1956) Exhibition opens: Friday, January 12, 2018 Exhibition Celebration: Friday, March 2, 2018 (6:00pm -10:00pm) Exhibition ends: Saturday, June … Read More
New comment on Basil King’s art and writing Joshua A.W. Gardner in his review of Basil King’s latest book of poetry, History Now (New York: Marsh Hawk Press, 2017), “connects the dots” between King’s visual art and the … Read More
Good news: DISPATCHES FROM THE POETRY WARS http://dispatchespoetrywars.com/ is up and healthy. (The site had a spate of glitches during a recent upgrade.) I am even more pleased to report that a thoughtful article by Kimberly Ann Lyons on Basil King’s visual art “Here is … Read More
Basil King’s new book, History Now, Marsh Hawk Press, 2017, is here. It is the latest segment in what poet Laurie Duggan is calling King’s epic, Learning to Draw. Eileen Tabios in her online “poetry engagement” Galetea Ressurects, calls it HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. … Read More