Coming After: Essays on Poetry (Poets on Poetry)

Coming After gathers critical pieces by acclaimed poet Alice Notley, author of Mysteries of Small Houses and Disobedience . Notley explores the work of second-generation New York School poets and their allies: Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman, Joanne Kyger, Ron Padgett, Lorenzo Thomas, and others. These essays and reviews are among the first to deal with a generation of poets notorious for their refusal to criticize and theorize, assuming the stance that "only the poems matter." The essays are characterized by Notley's strong, compelling voice, which transfixes the reader even in the midst of professional detail. Coming After revives the possibility of the readable book of criticism. Alice Notley Explores The Work Of Second-generation New York School Poets & Their Allies, Including Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman & Joanne Kyger, Who Are Notorious For Their Refusal To Criticise & Theorise, Assuming The Stance That 'only The Poems Matter'. Poets -- O'hara In The Nineties -- Joanne Kyger's Poetry -- Ron Padgett's Visual Imagination -- Hollo's Corvus -- Elmslie's Routine Disruptions -- Eileen Myles In Performance -- A Certain Slant Of Sunlight -- Iovis Omnia Plena -- Lorenzo Thomas : A Private Public Space -- Douglas Oliver's New York Poem -- Steve -- Topics -- American Poetic Music At The Moment -- Voice -- Thinking And Poetry -- Women And Poetry -- The Feminine Epic. Alice Notley. Preface......Page 6 Contents......Page 10 Poets......Page 12 O'Hara in the Nineties......Page 14 Joanne Kyger's Poetry......Page 26 Ron Padgett's Visual Imagination......Page 38 Hollo's Corvus......Page 52 Elmslie's Routine Disruptions......Page 63 Eileen Myles in Performance......Page 68 A Certain Slant of Sunlight......Page 78 Iovis Omnia Plena......Page 94 Lorenzo Thomas: A Private Public Space......Page 106 Douglas Oliver's New York Poem......Page 119 Steve......Page 128 Topics......Page 140 American Poetic Music at the Moment......Page 142 Voice......Page 158 Thinking and Poetry......Page 169 Women and Poetry......Page 178 The "Feminine" Epic......Page 182 Acknowledgements......Page 192 Coming After gathers critical pieces by acclaimed poet Alice Notley, author of Mysteries of Small Houses and Disobedience.

Notley explores the work of second-generatio New York School poets and their allies: Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman, Joanne Kyger, Ron Padgett, Lorenzo Thomas, and others. These essays and reviews are among the first to deal with a generation of poets notorious for their refusal to criticize and theorize, assuming the stance that "only the poems matter." The essays are characterized by Notley's strong, compelling voice, which transfixes the reader even in the midst of professional detail. Coming After revives the possibility of the readable book of criticism.