Charles North
The Threat of Poetry
From Tether 1, page 163:
“I’m sure that title sounds arch or worse. In fact, I mean it seriously, even literally. Having stewed for a long time—on my own as well as in collaboration with poet friends—over the seemingly inexhaustible wrongheadedness and narrowness of approach in dealing with poetry on the part of intelligent reviewers, critics, and ostensible publications of literary record, I was recently struck by the possibility that, rather than having to do merely with ignorance or insufficient experience or even taste, the root cause is an unacknowledged threat poetry represents to habits of mind which might be called the intellectual’s life’s blood: ways of thinking that work splendidly in a great many areas but fall down on the job when it comes to poetry.”
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Tether 1 contains essays by Bill Berkson on the influence of Piero Della Francesca; W. C. Bamberger presents never before published translations of the surrealist art critic Emil Szittya; Holly Day discusses George Sugarman’s polychrome sculptures from the 1960’s; John Willenbecher unearths something out of the ordinary about Chardin’s drawers; Judith Stein writes about the little known textile works of Katherine Porter; Douglas Crase reflects on sitting for a portrait; Trevor Winkfield unpacks the mysteries of Cezanne’s masterpiece, Mardi Gras; Nathan Kernan leaks a preview of his forthcoming biography on James Schuyler; Bill Zavatsky translates Robert Desnos’s 1926 book “It’s The Seven League Boots This Phrase ‘I See Myself’”; a selection of pages from Gerald Murphy’s notebooks; Chris Byrne introduces us to the visionary work of Susan Te Kahurangi King; Paul Hammond recalls his childhood awakening to the world of cinema; Charles North debunks the threat of poetry; and an essay on walking in the English countryside by A.J.A. Symons.
Printed in the USA
Edition of 500
9 black and white images and 59 color images
Item Weight : 0.82 pounds
Paperback : 180 pages
ISBN: 978069237617151500
Product Dimensions : 6 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
Publisher : Sienese Shredder Editions; Pap/Com Edition (2015)
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