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On Five Years of Locus Solus
Five years ago today, on May 27, 2013, I launched this blog with a welcome message and only a vague sense of what this site would become. It’s turned out to be an immensely rewarding and fun side project, and it’s … Continue reading
“New Year’s Eve”: A Collaborative Poem by John Ashbery and Kenneth Koch
In keeping with my semi-regular tradition of posting New Years-related poems here, I thought I’d share this rare piece — a collaborative poem by John Ashbery and Kenneth Koch called “New Year’s Eve.” The poem was part of a cluster of … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Locus Solus, Poems, Uncategorized
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Resurrecting Raymond Roussel, the “Proust of Dreams”
In the New York Times, Holland Cotter reviews the debut exhibit at the new Galerie Buchholz in New York which is “giving us something wonderful that we haven’t had before: a retrospective of the French writer Raymond Roussel (1877-1933).” The brilliant and bizarre Roussel, … Continue reading
Mark Amerika Remixes Raymond Roussel’s Locus Solus
Raymond Roussel’s amazing and bizarre novel Locus Solus — the namesake for the journal founded by the New York School poets as well as for this humble blog — turns 100 this year. Just in time for that anniversary, the visual artist, novelist, and media … Continue reading
June’s Poetry Magazine: Harry Mathews, Ron Padgett, and a Hint of Frank O’Hara
Poetry magazine, given a jolt of energy under new editor Don Share, continues to display an exciting eclecticism and openness to multiple traditions, including an ongoing special interest in the poetry of the New York School (a development I posted about here). … Continue reading
Robert Archambeau on the Poetry of Michael Benedikt
Robert Archambeau has posted an interesting piece that will serve as an introduction to the forthcoming collection Time is a Toy: The Selected Poems of Michael Benedikt (edited by John Gallaher and Laura Boss). Although he has not always been closely associated … Continue reading
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Welcome to “Locus Solus: The New York School of Poets.” This site is intended to be a place where scholars, critics, poets, students, and anyone else interested in the poets and artists of the New York School can find information … Continue reading
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