Holland Cotter of The New York Times calls Chris Kraus "one of our smartest and most original writers on contemporary art and culture." Discover why, when it comes to Kraus' fiction as well, author Keith Gessen says, "Few writers are as intelligent and honest as Kraus and no one sees so clearly," by reading a short … Continue reading Holland Cotter …
Performing Is Storytelling: Q+A With Chris Kraus
Kraus has gained a following for her lucid, playful and slightly dangerous first-person fiction narratives, which frequently blur the line between novel, autobiography and art writing...The above is the setup for a fascinating interview in Art in America magazine with writer, filmmaker, and art critic Chris Kraus, who will be doing a reading this Wednesday at … Continue reading Performing Is Storytelling: Q+A With Chris Kraus
Rae Armantrout – Live Tonight – 7PM at Concordia
(photo by Rosanne Olson) Come experience Rae Armantrout's poetry - live! - tonight at Concordia. WHEN: Friday, October 5, 2012, at 7 p.m. COST: Free (open to the public) WHERE: J.A. de Sève Cinema, J.W. McConnell (LB) Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus Read about Rae Armantrout's indebtedness to Emily Dickinson, her … Continue reading Rae Armantrout – Live Tonight – 7PM at Concordia
Rae Armantrout makes an “Address”
Rae Armantrout reads a poem from her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Versed." Only one day left to wait...WHEN: Friday, October 5, 2012, at 7 p.m.COST: Free (open to the public)WHERE: J.A. de Sève Cinema, J.W. McConnell (LB) Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus
The Poet Thinks With Her Poem: An Interview With Rae Armantrout
Rae Armantrout, born in California in 1947, is part of the first generation of West Coast Language poets. Armantrout has published several books of poetry, including: Versed (2009), which earned the Pulitzer Prize in 2010; Next Life (2007), selected by The New York Times as one of the most notable books of 2007; Up to … Continue reading The Poet Thinks With Her Poem: An Interview With Rae Armantrout
Discussion of Rae Armantrout’s “The Way”
Poem Talk host Al Filreis discusses Rae Armantrout's "The Way" with poets Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Ron Silliman, and one of this year's Writers Read guests, Charles Bernstein. This Friday, be sure to come to a powerful reading by Rae Armantrout at Concordia University. WHEN: Friday, October 5, 2012, at 7 p.m. COST: Free (open to … Continue reading Discussion of Rae Armantrout’s “The Way”
“Apartment” by Rae Armantrout
ApartmentBY RAE ARMANTROUT1The woman on the mantel,who doesn't much resemble me,is holding a chainsawaway from her body,with a shocked smile,while an undiscovered tumorsquats on her kidney.2The presentis a sentimental favorite,with its heady mixof grandiosityand abjection,truncated,framed.3It's as if I'm sublettinga friend's apartment.Even in the dream,I'm trying to imagine which friend.And I'm trying to getall my robes together,robes I … Continue reading “Apartment” by Rae Armantrout
With Some Luck and More Practice
What if you woke up one morning and lost faith in the power of words to describe your world? What if your own most heartfelt admissions sounded, to you, like cheap self-deceptions, illusions, slogans anyone could use? What if you were a poet of supreme concision — having learned much from Emily Dickinson — and … Continue reading With Some Luck and More Practice
Rae Reads
Rae Armantrout reads from her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Versed." Come see this moving, exhilarating poet this Friday! When: Friday, October 5, 2012, at 7 p.m. Cost: Free (open to the public) Where: J.A. de Sève Cinema, J.W. McConnell (LB) Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.), Sir George Williams Campus
Writers Read: Concordia university's reading Series 