Category Archives: Brenda Coultas

Happy “Midwinter Day” Day!

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Andrew Epstein

On December 22, 1978, Bernadette Mayer wrote her groundbreaking, book-length poem, Midwinter Day. In recent years, poets and readers and Mayer fans have gathered to mark the occasion by reading from the book. As Mayer herself told Fanny Howe in a … Continue reading →

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Happy 40th Birthday to Midwinter Day (by Bernadette Mayer)

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Andrew Epstein

“I had an idea to write a book that would … prove the day like the dream has everything in it.” — Bernadette Mayer, Midwinter Day Today marks the 40th anniversary of an important moment in twentieth-century poetry — the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernadette Mayer, Brenda Coultas, Charles Olson, Claudia Rankine, Ezra Pound, Frank O'Hara, Hoa Nguyen, James Joyce, Lewis Warsh, Maggie Nelson, NY School Influence, William Carlos Williams | 3 Comments