Trove in the studio
In the studio: canvases await sizing…coat after coat. The way work is done. And on a work table, these: I wouldn’t call it “cleaning up” the studio…Baz would never. But he was rearranging things with an eye to … Read More
NEWS: Far from the Centers of Ambition
Writings about Black Mountain College and it’s influence– from both Martha and Basil King– are included in a book-length tribute to Black Mountain College, Far From the Centers of Ambition, edited by Lee Ann Brown, and just published by Lorimer … Read More
NEWS: “Basil King: MIRAGE” to play in New Haven
NEWS: June 19, 2013. Mark Lamoureux and Rachel Chatalbash are hosting a screening of the film, “Basil King: MIRAGE” and the video of the conversation between Basil and George Quasha, “Art is Not Natural,” at 7:30 PM in their … Read More
A Book Cover Brag
On behalf of the Friends of Basil King I’ve been researching the covers Basil King has done for poetry books, since 1959. Here is 2013. Burt Kimmelman’s book, Gradually the World, is not yet officially released – there will be a book … Read More
Fifty years
A daughter turns 50 this Groundhog Day I have no concept to fit this. 50? The other daughter is very soon 49. I have an overstuffed memory. Shrink. But I forget too much. Stretch. Personally I’m sure I’m not older … Read More
Prose Pros celebrates “Ver Gangen Bangen Heit”
Or “Le cadavre / exquis / boira / le vin / nouveau” As the opening act of David Kirchenbaum’s marvelous Boog City Poetry and Music Festival this August, Elinor Nauen and I concocted a variant of the rolling or exquisite … Read More
“After the Movie”
The movie making upended us both more than we expected. Like moving studio or household to a new place…many old corners get excavated. It’s supposed to be cleansing – a chance to toss out detritus – and it is until … Read More
Friends of Basil King and Mirage: Basil King
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