Thu October 8, 2015
What it Means to be Really Alive - Two Poets
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Throughout these subtle yet seductive poems, materiality—both grand and ordinary—opens a route of return, the oceanic fullness one feels while 'waiting for the kettle to whistle.' Aaron Simon's poetry whispers to me of what it means to be alive, really alive."—Dodie Bellamy
Aaron Simon is the author of Periodical Days (Green Zone Editions, 2007), and Senses Himself (Green Zone Editions, 2014). His poems have appeared in several publications, including Like Musical Instruments: 83 Contemporary American Poets (Broadstone Books, 2014), Shiny, Exquisite Corpse, Sal Mimeo, Across the Margin, Nowhere, and Harriet the Blog. He has lived between San Francisco and Brooklyn since 1999.
Kit Robinson: Marine Layer
Kit Robinson is the author of Determination (Cuneiform, 2010), The Messianic Trees: Selected Poems, 1976-2003 (Adventures in Poetry, 2009), Train I Ride (BookThug, 2009), and 17 other books of poetry. He lives in Berkeley, where he works as a freelance writer and plays Cuban tres guitar in the Latin dance band Bahia Son.
"There is seemingly no object, image, or idea that couldn’t potentially work its way into a Kit Robinson poem. His work is oracular and quotidian, straightforward and complex, offering multiple points of view and stunningly variable textures." - Richard Roundy, Across the Margin
The poets will be introduced by a third, Alan Bernheimer.
Poet Alan Bernheimer, often associated with the San Francisco Language Poets, lives in Berkeley. He performed for Poets Theater and produced and hosted In the American Tree, a radio program of new writing by poets on KPFA.
Rain Check Poems and Marine Layer are published by BlazeVOX Press.
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Aaron Simon is the author of Periodical Days (Green Zone Editions, 2007), and Senses Himself (Green Zone Editions, 2014). His poems have appeared in several publications, including Like Musical Instruments: 83 Contemporary American Poets (Broadstone Books, 2014), Shiny, Exquisite Corpse, Sal Mimeo, Across the Margin, Nowhere, and Harriet the Blog. He has lived between San Francisco and Brooklyn since 1999.
Kit Robinson: Marine Layer
Kit Robinson is the author of Determination (Cuneiform, 2010), The Messianic Trees: Selected Poems, 1976-2003 (Adventures in Poetry, 2009), Train I Ride (BookThug, 2009), and 17 other books of poetry. He lives in Berkeley, where he works as a freelance writer and plays Cuban tres guitar in the Latin dance band Bahia Son.
"There is seemingly no object, image, or idea that couldn’t potentially work its way into a Kit Robinson poem. His work is oracular and quotidian, straightforward and complex, offering multiple points of view and stunningly variable textures." - Richard Roundy, Across the Margin
The poets will be introduced by a third, Alan Bernheimer.
Poet Alan Bernheimer, often associated with the San Francisco Language Poets, lives in Berkeley. He performed for Poets Theater and produced and hosted In the American Tree, a radio program of new writing by poets on KPFA.
Rain Check Poems and Marine Layer are published by BlazeVOX Press.
Throughout these subtle yet seductive poems, materiality—both grand and ordinary—opens a route of return, the oceanic fullness one feels while 'waiting for the kettle to whistle.' Aaron Simon's poetry whispers to me of what it means to be alive, really alive."—Dodie Bellamy
Aaron Simon is the author of Periodical Days (Green Zone Editions, 2007), and Senses Himself (Green Zone Editions, 2014). His poems have appeared in several publications, including Like Musical Instruments: 83 Contemporary American Poets (Broadstone Books, 2014), Shiny, Exquisite Corpse, Sal Mimeo, Across the Margin, Nowhere, and Harriet the Blog. He has lived between San Francisco and Brooklyn since 1999.
Kit Robinson: Marine Layer
Kit Robinson is the author of Determination (Cuneiform, 2010), The Messianic Trees: Selected Poems, 1976-2003 (Adventures in Poetry, 2009), Train I Ride (BookThug, 2009), and 17 other books of poetry. He lives in Berkeley, where he works as a freelance writer and plays Cuban tres guitar in the Latin dance band Bahia Son.
"There is seemingly no object, image, or idea that couldn’t potentially work its way into a Kit Robinson poem. His work is oracular and quotidian, straightforward and complex, offering multiple points of view and stunningly variable textures." - Richard Roundy, Across the Margin
The poets will be introduced by a third, Alan Bernheimer.
Poet Alan Bernheimer, often associated with the San Francisco Language Poets, lives in Berkeley. He performed for Poets Theater and produced and hosted In the American Tree, a radio program of new writing by poets on KPFA.
Rain Check Poems and Marine Layer are published by BlazeVOX Press.
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Aaron Simon is the author of Periodical Days (Green Zone Editions, 2007), and Senses Himself (Green Zone Editions, 2014). His poems have appeared in several publications, including Like Musical Instruments: 83 Contemporary American Poets (Broadstone Books, 2014), Shiny, Exquisite Corpse, Sal Mimeo, Across the Margin, Nowhere, and Harriet the Blog. He has lived between San Francisco and Brooklyn since 1999.
Kit Robinson: Marine Layer
Kit Robinson is the author of Determination (Cuneiform, 2010), The Messianic Trees: Selected Poems, 1976-2003 (Adventures in Poetry, 2009), Train I Ride (BookThug, 2009), and 17 other books of poetry. He lives in Berkeley, where he works as a freelance writer and plays Cuban tres guitar in the Latin dance band Bahia Son.
"There is seemingly no object, image, or idea that couldn’t potentially work its way into a Kit Robinson poem. His work is oracular and quotidian, straightforward and complex, offering multiple points of view and stunningly variable textures." - Richard Roundy, Across the Margin
The poets will be introduced by a third, Alan Bernheimer.
Poet Alan Bernheimer, often associated with the San Francisco Language Poets, lives in Berkeley. He performed for Poets Theater and produced and hosted In the American Tree, a radio program of new writing by poets on KPFA.
Rain Check Poems and Marine Layer are published by BlazeVOX Press.
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