A big thanks for below Seamas. I'd heard of Nettelbeck but never read
anything by him - I don't think so anyway. Fascinating.
Tim A.
On 26 Jan 2011, at 19:09, Séamas Cain wrote:
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> The Anarchist poet F. A. Nettelbeck, author of the classic BUG DEATH
> and many other works, died on January 20th, 2011. He had been in
> hospital with a cyst on his spine that spread throughout his body. He
> was a truly spontaneous and creative artist, and an enthusiastic and
> upbeat friend. He will be missed.
>
> The archive of F.A. Nettelbeck's papers is in the Avant Writing
> Collection at the Ohio State University Libraries ...
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> http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/finding/nettelbeck.php
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> Nettelbeck had long been a fixture in the American literary
> underground, authoring over 20 books of poetry and prose, and
> interacting with such writers as Amiri Baraka, John M. Bennett,
> Douglas Blazek, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Tom Clark,
> Wanda Coleman, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Anselm Hollo, Karl
> Kempton, Richard Kostelanetz, Lyn Lifshin, Gerard Malanga, Michael
> McClure, Bob Perelman, Marvin Sackner, Spencer Selby, and Ron
> Silliman. Nettelbeck's groundbreaking cut-up/collage poem BUG DEATH,
> published in 1979, challenged the limits of contemporary poetic form,
> and carved a path for new types of literary explorations.
>
> http://www.fanettelbeck.com/
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> Stephen Kessler’s eulogy for F.A. Nettelbeck ...
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> http://news.santacruz.com/2011/01/24/f._a._nettelbeck_outlaw_poet
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> A short tribute by Kevin Opstedal ...
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> http://bluepressbooks.blogspot.com/
>
> Comments by F.A. Nettelbeck ...
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> "I'm on some blacklist."
>
> "Actually, I'm serious. I've been around 40 years now & publishing my
> shit and it's still the whispering behind my back, 'Should we take him
> seriously?' Damn right, cocksuckers."
>
> "Anti-war protests in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Camping out
> at Big Sur and around a bonfire here's Simon and Garfunkle (him wasted
> sliding down against a tree) but they DID try and sing a little bit!"
>
> "It was during the TET OFFENSIVE and I wouldn't fucking be here but I
> faked(?) being nuts and eventually got a 4-F deferment. I'm proud of
> that too. FUCK 'their' wars. I fight my own."
>
> "I don't know. I'm still waiting for the Revolution!"
>
> "WHATEVER IT TAKES TO NEGOTIATE LIFE, with dignity."
>
> An Interview with F.A. Nettelbeck ...
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> http://assemblypoetryplantmarietta.blogspot.com/2010/08/interview-with-fa-nettelbeck.html
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> The F.A. Nettelbeck Archive ...
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> http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/finding/nettelbeck.php
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> F.A. Nettelbeck's own blog ...
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> http://fanettelbeck.blogspot.com/
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> "Happy Hour," Nettelbeck's most recent publication ...
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> http://lokidesign.net/2356/2010/11/four-minutes-to-midnight-issue-eleven%E2%80%94happy-hour/
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> With dignity,
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> Séamas Cain
> http://seamascain-writernetwork.org
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