July 21, 2026 | Lithic Press | 978–1–946583–49–9 Purchase here Book of poetic recollections and homages to the painters and poets, to the writers and makers he knew and studied while at Black Mountain College. from the Introduction by Ian Brinton… Basil King has … Read More
From the launch of There Are No Ghosts There Are Portraits at the Five Myles Gallery in Brooklyn – Basil reads Part Two of this recent book, September 2022. [29 minutes]. Click here to purchase the book. For Don Yorty’s wonderful blog [donyorty.com] – Basil … Read More
Yuko Otomo and Basil King compared how captured they and their respective partners — the late Steve Dalachinsky and Martha King — were by their separate visits to Delacroix’s house, garden, and studio tucked in a cul-de-sac on the Left Bank … Read More
JOIN US New Book Launch: There Are No Ghosts There Are Portraits, Basil King September 2022 Co-published by Pinsapo Press and Lost & Found CUNY Poetics Document Initiative. Friday, September 23, 2022 at 7PM FiveMyles Gallery 558 St Johns Place, … Read More
This latest collection, published by Granary Books, stems from a recent series of paintings that postdate King’s 2019 project, “Looking for the Green Man.” After producing these fifty portrait variations, King “wanted to do something quiet, possibly beautiful, a place of meditation.”
This book is 11 x 15 in., bound in lavender cloth over boards with Mylar dust jacket by Judith Ivry. The 16 page spreads feature a poem and a facing painting, and are printed on Hahnemühle paper by Jason Walz. This is from an edition of 20 copies, numbered and signed by King.… Read More
tears in the fence, #69, Spring 2019 is now available. This issue ranges wide as tears does — and includes Basil King’s new poem, “Pick Up a Stitch — Drop a Stitch,“ work by Laurie Duggan, and this comment by … Read More