The Friends of Basil King are launching a fundraising drive to complete this film and present “Basil’s Arc” The Paintings and Poetics of Basil King” September 22, 2012 in New York City. Here’s the one-minute trailer: TO DONATE BY CREDIT … Read More
The film in progress has been commissioned by The Friends of Basil King – for an event celebrating Basil’s Arc: the Paintings and Poetics of Basil King – and more. Well, a film is a mirage; we know that. The … Read More
Kim Lyons has organized a small group of poets as “Friends of Basil King” to do something to focus some attention on King’s extraordinary output of visual art. They in turn have gathered some 20 others willing to serve as … Read More
Two web publications in one month from what may someday be my memoir book … long in progress. Memoir is a tricky calling at best.All memory is fiction, remade in the moment of the cognitive process, and much fiction the … Read More
Was it only this past summer that Andrei Codrescu was wondering where on earth are the people who object? Why isn’t anyone out on street, carrying a sign, why isn’t anyone saying anything? It’s about three months since then. That’s … Read More
A Berth in the Haven, from a memoir by Martha King, is online in EOAGH – with fat tags: Paul Blackburn, Thomas Jefferson College, National Poetry Festival 1971, Robert vas Diaz, Dan Gerber, Basil King — and a reproduction of … Read More
There are other spellings…this is the one Andrei Codrescu has embraced. She, She Here, the iconic spinner of tales and excursions, of conversations long into the night. Why is she our ever-fascinating icon? Weak words can save lives? Hers did. … Read More