[Wgcp-whc] WG/Poetics--schedule and reminders

[richard.deming at yale.edu]

Dear Friends of Poetry,

Sadly, I have been without a computer and internet access for over two weeks.  I
am now back online, etc and will post the report on our meeting with Nathaniel
Tarn (which seems ages ago).  I also want to say that the WGCP will not be
meeting on 3/30 as originally scheduled as we have a number of events upcoming
and we don't want to put too many demands on our members.

On April 6th (at 3 PM) we are helping sponsor a screening of film about Charles
Olson, one of the major figures of Black Mountain College, the New American
Poetry, and post-War poetics.

The film is entitled "Polis is This: Charles Olson and the
Persistence of Place,"  and the director, Henry Ferrini, will be in attendance. 
Members should contact Nancy Kuhl (nancy.kuhl at yale.edu) if interested in meeting
with Ferrini after the screening.
More information about the film is available on line:
http://www.ferriniproductions.com/polis_is_this/index.html.This is more or less
an advanced screening and there will be some opportunity to give some feedback
on the film.

We did have a session regarding Olson and his poems and poetics about a year ago
and I'd recommend that people peruse the archives in order to refresh their
memories about our discussion.  The link is here:
http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/wgcp-whc/2006-February/000080.html
I'll post also a link to the Olson author page at Buffalo's Electronic Poetry
Center: http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/olson/
This will lead people to online recordings, articles, poems, and Olson's
archives at UConnecticut.

Then on April 20th we will begin a two part discussion of Chinese contemporary
poetry.  That session will be led by Lucas Klein, Cameron Gearen, and Jennifer
Neeley and will prepare us for a visit by one of China's leading poets Xi Chuan
who will join us for a discussion of his work and his peers on May 4th.  Texts
for the April 20th meeting will be available soon and I'll alert people when
they are ready to be picked up.

One last thing to announce: Ron Padgett will be reading at the Beinecke on April
11th at 4 PM.  Padgett is a major figure of the new New York School, a foremost
translator of Apollinaire and Cendrars, and will be the focus of a subsequent
session of the WG/Contemporary Poetics sometime next year.
You can find a brief bio here: http://poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/614

Here is a small sample of poems:
http://jacketmagazine.com/03/padgett03.html
http://jacketmagazine.com/15/koch-padgett.html

And an online interview is available here:
http://www.miporadio.com/ron_padgett.html

So I will get the report on Tran's visit to people within a few days.  Happy
spring to all.

Thus,
Richard Deming, Co-coordinator