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
This essay is one of 25 interviews and essays in “On Becoming a Poet” by writers associated with Marsh Hawk Press. Al Filreis of Writers House says this anthology is “gratifying not a how-to for becoming a poet. These are … Read More
King art is on the cover of Hurricane Review #19, with six more works all nicely reproduced in color throughout. To request copies of this annual literary mag, write to: Department of English & Communication, Pensacola State College, 1000 College … Read More
Poet translator Peter Valente considers Basil King’s poetry and politics in constant conversation with his visual art in a thoughtful essay based on his close readings of King’s visual and poetic work and an interview. “The dark and … Read More
Martha King said, “I thought my friend Africa was nuts when she said we should put Baz’s paintings on Instagram. Pay for another digital fad? Try to see art on a 5 x 2.5-inch screen? And who’d care?” Surprise: … 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