Howe, Susan
The Nonconformist's Memorial
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I remember a great exchange between Susan Howe and Anne Waldman at the first OlsonNow event at The Poetry Project in, I think, 2006. I was emcee and we were sort of saving Anne for near the end. She got up and read her "Feminifesto," during which she exhorted the audience to start doing events honoring some of the great living women poets, then ticked off a few names -- Lyn Hejinian, Susan Howe, Eileen Myles. Susan was sitting in the back of the room and Anne singled her out, saying "I want to hear what Susan Howe has to say about the way we honor all these male poets." Susan stood up and quietly said, "Well, I have to say, I just LOVE THESE MEN! I adore them. They are almost like Gods to me." I don't think it was the answer Anne was looking for!
from The Nonconformist's Memorial
The metaphor of a stake
Arrow thrust through
In connection with here
Eschatology
At deepest claimlessness
could not see one another
Spirit snapping after air
dragged down to visible
Chroniclers halt of such
authentic sayings
Fear destroys all welcome
house-arrest
1 comment:
This is a great anecdote.
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