Category Archives: Maggie Nelson

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 →

Posted in Anne Waldman, Bernadette Mayer, Brenda Coultas, Charles Olson, Claudia Rankine, Eileen Myles, Ezra Pound, Frank O'Hara, Hoa Nguyen, James Joyce, Lee Ann Brown, Lewis Warsh, Maggie Nelson, NY School Influence, Vincent Katz, William Carlos Williams | Leave a comment

Welcome to the “Network for New York School Studies”

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Andrew Epstein

Some exciting news for anyone with an abiding interest in the New York School of poets and artists — a brand-new international scholarly organization called the Network for New York School Studies has recently been launched. Founded by scholars Rona … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice Notley, Anne Waldman, Eileen Myles, Elinor Nauen, Interview, Kenneth Koch, Maggie Nelson, Marjorie Perloff, Mark Ford, Maureen Owen, Patricia Spears Jones | Leave a comment

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

“Bluets”: James Schuyler, Carl Phillips, Joan Mitchell, Maggie Nelson, and Lydia Davis

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Andrew Epstein

    What a treat to find the great contemporary poet Carl Phillips reflecting on a poem by James Schuyler.  As part of a series he’s doing for Poets House on “poems that approach nature,” Phillips has just published an incisive … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Phillips, James Schuyler, Joan Mitchell, Maggie Nelson | Leave a comment