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Kenneth Goldsmith unpacks Walter Benjamin’s library

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

When Dmitri Prigov explores the relationship between the book as material object and endlessly repeating copy, he anticipates a similar interest in the relationship between copy and singular material instantiation in Anglophone conceptual writing. One of the leading figures in … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Writing and the Russians

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Over on the Los Angeles Review of Books, Matvei Yankelevich has just published a very interesting response to Marjorie Perloff “Poetry on the Brink: Reinventing the Lyric,” published in the Boston Review’s May/June 2012 issue. In his piece, Yankelevich  not … Continue reading →

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Poetry Communities and the Individual Talent

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

The program for the conference “Poetry Communities & the Individual Talent” hosted by the Kelly Writers House and the University of Pennsylvania is now online here. It promises to be a great conference. Speakers include Maria Damon, Craig Dworkin, Brian … Continue reading →

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Prigov’s Stikhogrammy (Poemographs or concrete poems)

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Most of Dmitri Prigov’s incredible and diverse work is currently difficult for someone without Russian to access online (for an exception, see his PennSound page here). I’m hoping to rectify this by taking up Kenneth Goldsmith’s offer to put some … Continue reading →

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