Subject: Re: Litter Magazine / Objectivists
I am in a Zukofsky & Niedecker reading group. As we move along in Z's "A" -
his major work written over 40 years (varying from accessible to opaque, but
a verse constantly experimenting and engaging, and certainly the most
challenging of the Objectivists), I find it absolutely refreshing to vary
the reading back and forth with the associates (Geoge Oppen, Charles
Reznikoff, Lorine Niedecker, and Carl Rakowsi - the last to pass among the
group this past year 100 years). What they share aesthetically may not be
transparent - different in many ways in language and style as they are from
mandarin to practically homespun - is a shared nakedness before each of
their worlds - which is to say a fresh and constant sense of discovery that
combines a sense of moral obligation to re-freshen the well of looking and
one's aesthetic and responsibility within the space in which one lives.
Variously they have all been a great example and resource to myself and my
work.
Stephen V
Blog: http://stephenvincent.durationpress.com
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