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
June 3, 2017 @ 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Howl Happening Gallery For Allen Ginsberg’s 91st birthday, Howl! Happening is holding a celebration that includes the re-release of Allen Ginsberg & William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience; music by Ed … Read More
Basil’s “Bird Script” exhibition opens at John Molloy Gallery on Saturday, February 25, 2017 from 5 – 7 pm. John Molloy Gallery, 49 East 78th Street, Suite 2B, New York City. The show continues until March 31. Gallery hours are Tuesday … Read More
The day after the day after theTrump election two good friends, who both teach in colleges that are hardly havens for the 1%, reacted to the election results this way: One cried “How can I teach literature in the face … Read More