On 29/3/06 9:22 AM, "Pierre Joris" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> when vaguely in touch with Australian work back when living ion the
> UK in the 70/80ies, a core reference was Kris Hemensley & his work
> and mag ‹ that gave me a sense that there was a following, or at
> least an interest in the Olson/Duncan US poetics, and in the original
> Deep Image people (i.e. Robert Kelly, Jerome Rothenberg, rather than
> the cheap imitators à la Bly). Was I wrong or has that interest
> petered out?
No, you weren't wrong, although my knowledge of that work is general and
vague and I should check it out more, it was before my time. Kris is on my
list as one of those energies sidelined by the "wars". Also he worked in
other modes, including theatre - quite a few shows at La Mama etc - and he
certainly thinks that his variousness of genre counted against him, as well
as a certain outspokenness. As I think it does with me. (I remember John
Forbes telling me, "I distrust the multi-talented".) As you probably know,
he now runs Collected Works in Melbourne, a triffic bookshop, and is rather
heading for the title of "everybody's favourite poet", though I don't know
if that includes reading his work.
All best
A
Alison Croggon
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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