Ah, I notice that my poem was not published, and I acknowledged Fulcrum on
my Ghost Dance in 33 movements...
Congratulations, anyhow, a spectacular endeavor!
Anny
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Fulcrum Annual <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Beckett as Poet; unpublished Beckett, Frost, Paz; great current poetry
>
> FULCRUM: An Annual of Poetry and Aesthetics, #6 (730 pages) features
> uncollected Samuel Beckett; unpublished Robert Frost and Octavio Paz; essays
> by Christopher Ricks, Marjorie Perloff, Eliot Weinberger and many others; a
> feature on "Poetry and Myth"; a debate between poets John Kinsella and
> Rosanna Warren; translations of Seferis, Vian, Quevedo; and a great deal
> more.
>
> Most readers of Samuel Beckett are well acquainted with his plays and
> prose, but few are aware that Becket was a considerable, stunningly original
> poet. The special feature (185 pages) on "Samuel Beckett as Poet," edited by
> Philip Nikolayev in the current FULCRUM #6, presents Beckett's neglected
> masterpiece, "Ceiling," drawings of Beckett from life by Avigdor Arikha, and
> essays by Christopher Ricks, Marjorie Perloff, Eliot Weinberger, Anne Atik,
> S. E. Gontarski, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Simon Critchley, Chris Ackerley, Seán
> Lawlor, David Wheatley, Mark Nixon, Philip Nikolayev, Daniel Albright, and a
> previously unpublished conversation between Octavio Paz and Eliot Weinberger
> on Beckett's English translation of An Anthology of Mexican Poetry. A few of
> the essays quote extensively from Beckett's unpublished correspondence and
> manuscripts.
>
> FULCRUM # 6 also presents previously unpublished lectures by Robert Frost
> ("The Claims of Poetry," "The Most Dangerous Phrase in America," and "The
> Natural and Supernatural Bounds of Science"), transcribed with annotation
> and commentary by Frost scholar James Sitar.
>
> The special "Poetry and Myth" section, edited by Cliff Forshaw and David
> Kennedy, presents a variety of essays and poems on the subject.
>
> And there is a great deal more outstanding poetry and criticism in the
> issue!
>
> "FULCRUM has in only a few years established itself as a must-read journal,
> a unique annual of literary and intellectual substance positioned on the
> cutting edge of culture."--Billy Collins
>
> "FULCRUM serves as a primary resource for anyone interested in diverse
> poetic practices not only from these States, but also from around our
> trembling globe."--Michael Palmer
>
> FULCRUM #6 is 730 pages long and offered at an artificially low price.
> Please visit http://fulcrumpoetry.com for more information, or to acquire
> a copy.
>
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Anny Ballardini
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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
star!
Friedrich Nietzsche
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