Various (Berrigan, Ted; Burroughs, William S.; Cage, John; di Prima, Diane; Ginsberg, Allen; Sanders, Ed et al.)

Talking Poetics from Naropa Institute: Annals of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Volume One

ISBN: 0394735692
Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1978. First Printing. Softcover. “The book provides an advanced survey of the poetic history and theory of the last several post World War decades notorious for radical change in prosodic means and classical reference of learning that opened new consciousness so widely advertised in the poetic arts of the American mid-Century and beyond-a survey pronounced by those very makers who've created a poetic revolution in their nation that spread to many fields: politics & visual arts, accompanied by new music, hairstyle and dress. This art revolution evolved into a liaison, if not marriage, with some of the greater classical traditions of the Orient-Hindu, Japanese and Tibetan Buddhist esthetics and meditation practice. This meeting place between east and west in Poetics is more significant than political conventions or mechanical automotive & petrochemical multinational convocations because Poetics itself is the original, primary social manifestation of mind. High talk” (p. xii, “Introduction” by Allen Ginsberg). Offered here is an overlooked and integral compilation of Beat literary history and scholarship: Talking Poetics from Naropa Institute: Annals of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Vol. 1. While the various Chögyam Trungpa-related controversies at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics (at Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO) may have overshadowed the legitimacy of what went on there, Naropa in the ‘70s was an incredible gathering space. It’s not an overstatement to say that it became, for a short time, a nexus and hub for pioneering voices and fearless educators in Mid-Century American literature, culture and art. Beat-scholastically speaking, the wealth of lecture recordings (lectures both recorded and archived there) has proved an invaluable resource for charting new modes of composition (and alterations in the psychology of composition) of several sagacious mid-century innovators, Ginsberg himself among them. While it would be somewhat silly to name every single contribution to this voluminous & invaluable compilation, We at TMB will name a few of our favorites. They include: [1] “It Belongs to the Cucumbers: On the subject of Raudive’s Tape Voices,” by William S. Burroughs; [2] “Light and Keats,” by Diane di Prima; [3] “The Business of Writing Poetry,” by Ted Berrigan; [4] “Empty Words with Relevant Material,” by John Cage; [5] “Investigative Poetry: The Content of History Will Be Poetry,” by Ed Sanders; & [6] “Visions of Ordinary Mind: (1948-1955)” by Allen Ginsberg. Although it doesn’t look like much, this volume — to the serious Beat scholar or young author seeking to capitalize on what the Beats might have to teach — is a must. Trade-format softcover original: First Edition, though not explicated as such on copyright page. In Fair-Good condition with moderate-to-enunciated rubbing, shelf-wear, light bumping & scattered, light nicks & low-visibility scuffs to front, back covers & spine-edge; light-to-moderate age-toning (spotting, browning, etc.) to text block & throughout, otherwise clean. Fair-Good. [Item #7324]

Price: $20.00